nine
o’clock
But he knew the dangerous places well enough if he could see them , as he ought to be able to do , for the dawn should break before he arrived . And , after all , what was a risk more or less in life ? He would go . He felt impelled -- strangely impelled -- to go , though of course it was all nonsense , and probably he would be back by nine o'clock , having seen nothing at all . By this time the injured Mr. Fregelius had sunk into sleep or stupor , doubtless beneath the influence of the second draught which he had administered to him in obedience to the doctor 's orders . On his account , therefore , Morris had no anxiety , since the cook , a steady , middle-aged woman , could watch by him for the present . He called her and gave her instructions , bidding her tell the doctor when he came that he had gone to see if he could make out anything more about the wreck , and that he would be back soon .