About twelve o’clock at night
I was all but exhausted , and I dreaded , on inspecting the sheets , to find them full of absurdities which I had paid no regard to in the furor of composition . But the task , however trying to my nerves , must be got over ; at last , in a kind of desperation , I entered upon it . It was far from an easy one ; there were , however , fewer errors and absurdities than I had anticipated . About twelve o'clock at night I had got over the task of revision . ` To-morrow for the bookseller , ' said I , as my head sank on the pillow . ` Oh me ! ' On arriving at the bookseller 's shop , I cast a nervous look at the window , for the purpose of observing whether the paper had been removed or not .