eleven o'clock
`` I ask your pardon , sir , '' said he , touching his cap ; `` proceed . I promise not to interrupt you again . '' `` ` That he would make no attempt upon his life , Greneral Pichegru obtained permission that the sentries should be stationed outside his cell during the night . Having provided himself with a fagot , which he secreted beneath his bed , he supped as usual in the evening of yesterday , eating heartily at eleven o'clock , and retiring to rest by twelve . When thus alone he placed the stick within the folds of the black silk cravat he generally wore round his neck , in such a manner as , when twisted , to act like a tourniquet ; and having turned it with such a degree of force as to arrest the return of blood from the head , he fastened it beneath his head and shoulders , and in this manner , apoplexy supervening , expired . ' '' `` _ Par Saint Louis _ , sir , '' cried George , `` the explanation is admirable , and most satisfactorily shows how a man may possess life long enough to be certain he has killed himself . The only thing wanting is for the general to assist in dressing the proces-verbal , when doubtless his own views of his case would be equally edifying and instructive .