eight o'clock
` You wo n't tell Bessie -- she would be so grieved for her cousin . ' ` I will tell her nothing more than she can find out for herself . But you know she is very quick-witted . ' There was a change for the worse in Towler 's charge next morning , when Ida , who still occupied the room adjoining her husband 's bedchamber , went in at eight o'clock to inquire how he had passed the night . Brian was up , half dressed , pacing up and down the room , and talking incoherently . He had been up ever since five o'clock , Towler said ; but it was impossible to get him to dress himself , or suffer himself to be dressed . A frightful restlessness had taken possession of him , more intense than any previous restlessness , and it was impossible to do anything for him .