eleven o'clock
It missed him , however . There were signs of a fracas , but the door of the watch-house swung opportunely open , and Jack was dragged from the cart and hustled within . The crowd , with a crowd 's fickleness , turned to other affairs . That evening the ingenious Inca of Peru did good trade for several hours , but towards eleven o'clock the attraction of the public-houses and of a grand special combined bull and bear beating by moonlight in the large yard of the Cock Inn drew away the circle of his customers until there was none left . He retired inside the tent with several pounds in his pocket and a god 's consciousness of having made immortal many of the sons and daughters of Adam . As he was counting out his gains on the tub of eternal youth by the flicker of a dip , someone lifted the flap of the booth and stealthily entered . He sprang up , fearing robbery with violence , which was sufficiently common during the Wakes ; but it was only the young girl who had stood behind the cart when he offered to Black Jack his priceless boon .