about two o’clock
On whose , then ? '' and the phrase runs through my head : `` Come back to-morrow before setting sail , to bid me goodby ; I shall not return to my mother until evening ; you will find me still up there . '' Japan is indeed most delightful this evening , so fresh and so sweet ; and little Chrysantheme was very charming just now , as she silently walked beside me through the darkness of the lane . It is about two o'clock when we reach the ` Triomphante ' in a hired sampan , where I have heaped up all my cases till there is danger of sinking . The `` very tall friend '' gives over to me the watch that I must keep till four o'clock ; and the sailors on duty , but half awake , make a chain in the darkness , to haul on board all my fragile luggage . September 18th . I intended to sleep late this morning , in order to make up for my lost sleep of last night .