six
o’clock in the evening
His favorites and the women kept on bended knees during this solemn visit . By means of a few drops of powerful cordial , the doctor for a moment reanimated the imbruted carcass that lay before him . The sultan stirred , and , for a dead body that had given no sign whatever of life for several hours previously , this symptom was received with a tremendous repetition of shouts and cries in the doctor 's honor . The latter , who had seen enough of it by this time , by a rapid motion put aside his too demonstrative admirers and went out of the palace , directing his steps immediately toward the balloon , for it was now six o'clock in the evening . Joe , during his absence , had been quietly waiting at the foot of the ladder , where the crowd paid him their most humble respects . Like a genuine son of the moon , he let them keep on . For a divinity , he had the air of a very clever sort of fellow , by no means proud , nay , even pleasingly familiar with the young negresses , who seemed never to tire of looking at him .