eight o'clock
The reader will not be surprised to hear that the hour before breakfast extended into two hours after breakfast as well . Nor did this take up too much of my time , for the lad was capable of doing a great deal for himself under the sense of help at hand . His father , so far from making any objection to the arrangement , was delighted with it . Nor do I believe that the lad did less work in the shop for it : I learned that he worked regularly till eight o'clock every night . Now the good of the arrangement was this : I had the lad fresh in the morning , clear-headed , with no mists from the valley of labour to cloud the heights of understanding . From the exercise of the mind it was a pleasant and relieving change to turn to bodily exertion . I am certain that he both thought and worked better , because he both thought and worked .