about
ten o'clock
`` She means right , but she is wrong . Oh , how I wish I could go right away somewhere and begin life all over again . '' Then he lay down to sleep , but slumber did not come , so he went on thinking of many things , to fall into a state of unconsciousness at last , from which he awoke to the fact that it was day -- a very eventful day for him , but he did not awaken to the fact that he was very blind . It was a busy day at the yard , for a part of the lading of a sugar ship was being stored away in Uncle Josiah 's warehouses ; but from the very commencement matters seemed to go wrong , and the state of affairs about ten o'clock was pretty ably expressed by Jem Wimble , who came up to Don as he was busy with pencil and book , keeping account of the deliveries , and said in a loud voice , -- `` What did your uncle have for breakfast , Mas ' Don ? '' `` Coffee -- ham -- I hardly know , Jem . '' `` Ho ! Thought p ` r ` aps it had been cayenne pepper . ''