ten o'clock at night
Dreadful work to have to set on a high stool , to dot and carry one , and to scribble away all day . I could not stand it . It would kill me . It was bad enough to have to go to school , and then we had a good many play-hours ; but in these stuffy , musty , dark offices , I have heard that they have only half-an-hour for dinner , and work away till ten o'clock at night . That sort of life would never suit me . `` Yes , I 'll go and see the captain , and I 'll tell him that I was intended for the navy , that I should have become an admiral some day , and that will make him treat me with consideration . '' Such were my cogitations as I stood , with my hands in my pockets , gazing at the `` Emu . ''