ten o’clock
They were both accustomed to the fresh air of the country , and they felt half stifled by the heat and the gas . However , they were so pleased with an amusement which was new to them that they went to another theater on the next evening . On this second occasion , John Zebedee found the heat unendurable . They left the theater , and got back to their lodgings toward ten o'clock . Let the rest be told in the words used by Mrs. Zebedee herself . She said : `` We sat talking for a little while in our room , and John 's headache got worse and worse . I persuaded him to go to bed , and I put out the candle -LRB- the fire giving sufficient light to undress by -RRB- , so that he might the sooner fall asleep .