eleven o'clock
You 've lived here yourself , and you know that three words hove overboard in Bayport will dredge up gab enough to sink a dictionary . So just keep mum till the business is settled one way or the other . '' He put on his hat and went down to the post office , where he dropped his letter in the slot of the box fastened to the front door . Then he returned home and retired at exactly eleven o'clock . In spite of his remarks to Asaph , he had not `` turned in '' so early after all . If the captain expected a prompt reply to his note he was disappointed . A week passed and he heard nothing .