about ten o'clock
It dropped from his knees . He nodded , took the pipe from his mouth , lay back comfortably , and went to sleep . Major Kent satisfied himself that the English navy , though in some ways the best in the world , was in other respects inefficient and utterly useless as a national defence . Then , at about ten o'clock , he too went asleep . A few minutes later he began to snore , and the noise he made woke Meldon . He felt for his pipe , filled and lit it . He sat gazing at Major Kent for a quarter of an hour , then he coughed loudly .