seven o'clock
You may go now , and sit on that bench again , if , after what has passed , the sheriff thinks proper to permit it . ' Undy , however , did not try that officer 's complaisance . He retired from the witness-box , and was not again seen during the trial in any conspicuous place in the court . It was then past seven o'clock ; but Mr. Chaffanbrass insisted on going on with the examination of Captain Val . It did not last long . Captain Val , also , was in that disagreeable position , that he did not know what Undy had confessed , and what denied . So he , also , refused to answer the questions of Mr. Chaffanbrass , saying that he might possibly damage himself should he do so .