ten o'clock
cried Bjerregrav , `` such a thing I have never heard . Now does that come from all the ships that have gone down ? Yes , the sea -- that , curse it , is the greatest power ! '' `` It 's ten o'clock , '' said Jeppe . `` And the lamp is going out -- that devil 's contrivance ! '' They broke up hastily , and Pelle turned the lamp out . But long after he had laid his head on his pillow everything was going round inside it .