eight o'clock
I tried my very utmost to show them that I could do without them , and yet I purposely made a noise with my boots , thumping with my heels . But it was all in vain . They paid no attention . I had the patience to walk up and down in front of them from eight o'clock till eleven , in the same place , from the table to the stove and back again . `` I walk up and down to please myself and no one can prevent me . '' The waiter who came into the room stopped , from time to time , to look at me . I was somewhat giddy from turning round so often ; at moments it seemed to me that I was in delirium .