noon
In a state of distraction , he remembered the hopeless but refreshing sleep he had gained after his fatal adventure at Brighton . He jumped out of bed , and threw himself on the floor , and in a few minutes , from the same cause , his excited senses subsided into slumber . He awoke ; the sun was shining through his rough shutter . It was noon . He jumped up , rang the bell , and asked for a bath . The chambermaid did not seem exactly to comprehend his meaning , but said she would speak to the waiter . He was the first gentleman who ever had asked for a bath at the Dragon with Two Tails .