ten o’clock
At that time a servant brought me some bread and cheese on a small tray , with half-a-pint of beer . I asked for water , which was given me , and she then retired . The tray was set down on the master 's raised desk , and sitting there I ate my supper in silence , looking down upon the dimly-lighted forms , and forward into the almost absolute gloom . At ten o'clock a man , who seemed as if he were the knife and boot-cleaner , came and said he would show me where I was to sleep . We passed through the schoolroom into a kind of court , where there was a ladder standing against a trap-door . He told me that my bedroom was up there , and that when I got up I could leave the ladder down , or pull it up after me , just as I pleased . I ascended and found a little chamber , duly furnished with a chest of drawers , bed , and washhand-stand .