nine o'clock
When I came back she was all in a tremble ; she thought I would tell her to go , and proceed coolly to desecrate the maidenly couch by sleeping in it , but she revived when I told her I was n't accustomed to anything so soft , and should be obliged if she would make me up a shake-down as well as she could in the sitting-room . Her wrinkles of annoyance vanished , and her face lighted up , in a way it never has since , into a most gracious smile . She dipped her long lean arms down to the ground , fingered up the down-trodden heels of her slippers , and trotted off , half frightened and half delighted . As I meant to have a fine long sleep , I told her not to come with my coffee before nine o'clock ; so I left the old woman for the night almost with Wallenstein 's words . `` I was tired to death , and thought I should fall asleep in a moment , but the manifold thoughts and fancies which began to cross each other in my brain drove sleep away . I seemed to be only beginning to realize the rapid change which had taken place in my position and circumstances . It was only now , when I had actually taken possession of my property , and was absolutely in my house , that I quite grasped the fact that I was suddenly lifted out of very narrow circumstances to a position of affluence , and that life was opening before me a vista of most agreeable ease and comfort .