two o'clock in the morning
When he could n't any longer stand the wails of the Cadaras , Joe moved from his bedroom to the lounge in the sitting-room . But the lounge in the sitting-room , beside making his neck go in a way no neck wants to go , brought him too close to Ignace Silva 's rejoicings in not having been in one of the dories that turned over when the schooner _ Lillie-Bennie _ was caught in the squall last Tuesday afternoon and unable to gather all her men back from the dories before the sea gathered them . Joe Cadara was in a boat that had n't made it -- hence the wails to the left of the Doanes , for Joe Cadara left a wife and four children and they had plenty of friends who could cry , too . But Ignace Silva -- more 's the pity , for at two o'clock in the morning you _ like _ to wish the person who is keeping you awake was dead -- got back to the vessel . So to-night his friends were there with bottles , for when a man _ might _ be dead certainly the least you can do is to take notice of him by getting him drunk . People were n't sleeping in Cape 's End that night . Those who were neither mourning nor rejoicing were being kept awake by mourners or rejoicers .