nine o'clock
He was placed on another bed in the room with his shipmate . They were both comfortably disposed on their clean couches , the pillows nicely adjusted beneath their heads , and their bodies covered with blankets . The two students were very tired as well as very tipsy , and their slumbers were deep and heavy . It was after nine o'clock , though it was still light in the chamber , and the young tars usually retired , when not on watch , before this seemly hour . `` Finkel '' and fatigue did the rest , and they slept , without rocking , till long after the early sun broke into the windows of their apartment . We have seen the effect of `` finkel '' upon one unaccustomed to the use of liquor , and upon boys of fifteen or sixteen it could not but be entirely overpowering . It is a dangerous fluid , and is taken by the Swedes at all times , being the first thing at meals , and especially at the inevitable `` snack '' that precedes a regular dinner .