eight o’clock
Miss Augusta left him alone with his breakfast . When he had eaten it , he lit a cigar and remained in bed with his _ Egyptian Warfare _ . The open window shook softly in the southern breeze . At eight o'clock the bells , large and small , of the nearest church began to ring , and those of the other churches of Stockholm , St. Catherine 's , St. Mary 's and St. Jacob 's , joined in ; they tinkled and jingled , enough to make a heathen tear his hair in despair . When the church bells stopped , a military band on the bridge of a steamer began to play a set of quadrilles from _ The Weak Point _ . The schoolmaster writhed between his sheets , and would have got out of bed and shut the window if it had not been so hot . Next there came a rolling of drums , which was interrupted by the strains of a brass quintet which played , on another steamer , the Hunter 's Chorus from the _ Freischütz _ .