eleven o'clock
`` Oho ! '' thought he , and on the principle of the anatomists , `` experimentum in corpore vili , '' kept himself a quarter of an hour under water ; under pressure all the time . And even when Gerard had got hold of him , he was loth to leave the river , so , less conscientious than I was , swam with Gerard to the east bank first , and was about to land , but detected the officers and their intent , chaffed them a little space , treading water , then turned and swam wearily all across , and at last was obliged to get out , for very shame , or else acknowledge himself a pike ; so permitted himself to land , exhausted : and the pressure relaxed . It was eleven o'clock , an unheard-of hour , but they took no note of time this night ; and Denys had still much to tell them , when the door was opened quietly , and in stole Cornelis and Sybrandt looking hang-dog . They had this night been drinking the very last drop of their mysterious funds . Catherine feared her husband would rebuke them before Denys ; but he only looked sadly at them , and motioned them to sit down quietly . Denys it was who seemed discomposed .