eleven o'clock
`` Nelly ! '' says the captain , setting the dish down . `` And there they were , '' said Joe in telling me the story , `` in each other 's arms , and when she 'd done drying her eyes she says , '' ` John , and I need n't ha ' minded about the night rail ! ' '' It was nigh eleven o'clock when I got home -- a very late hour in our parts , and Mistress Pennyquick was in a great to-do , imagining all kinds of evil that might have befallen me . Mr. Pinhorn had remained with my father a long time , she said ; he was now asleep and was not to be disturbed . I was myself fairly tired out , and fell asleep the instant my head touched the pillow . Chapter 5 : I Lose My Best Friend .