six o'clock
He was worked up to forget the fiendish prudence he boasted of , and proceeded to murderous violence . I experienced pleasure in being able to exasperate him : the sense of pleasure woke my instinct of self-preservation , so I fairly broke free ; and if ever I come into his hands again he is welcome to a signal revenge . ` Yesterday , you know , Mr. Earnshaw should have been at the funeral . He kept himself sober for the purpose -- tolerably sober : not going to bed mad at six o'clock and getting up drunk at twelve . Consequently , he rose , in suicidal low spirits , as fit for the church as for a dance ; and instead , he sat down by the fire and swallowed gin or brandy by tumblerfuls . ` Heathcliff -- I shudder to name him ! has been a stranger in the house from last Sunday till to-day .