one
o’clock
He confessed that he found himself face to face with the unknown , and all that he wished was , that this lesson he had learned from experience might be the hardest . It would be folly to imagine that it was the last . Time would show . When he returned home , after posting his letters , it was long past one o'clock . He went to bed immediately , and slept heavily , without waking or dreaming . It was broad daylight when he opened his eyes the next morning . Surprised at having slept so late , he jumped up and looked at his watch , which said eight o'clock .