about twelve o'clock at night
Jone did n't carry any hand-bag , and I had only a little one which had in it three newspapers , which we bought from the pilot , a tooth-brush , a spool of thread and some needles , and a pair of scissors with one point broken off . With these things we had to go to a hotel and spend the night , and in the morning we had to go back to have our trunks examined , which , as there was nothing in them to pay duty on , was waste time for all parties , no matter when it was done . -LSB- Illustration : `` Jone did n't carry any hand-bag , and I had only a little one '' -RSB- That night , when I was lying awake thinking about this welcome to our native land , I do n't say that I hauled down the stars and stripes , but I did put them at half mast . When we arrived in England we got ashore about twelve o'clock at night , but there was the custom-house officers as civil and obliging as any people could be , ready to tend to us and pass us on . And when I thought of them , and afterward of the lordly hirelings who met us here , I could n't help feeling what a glorious thing it would be to travel if you could get home without coming back . Jone tried to comfort me by telling me that we ought to be very glad we do n't like this sort of thing . `` In many foreign countries , '' said he , `` people are a good deal nagged by their governments and they like it ; we do n't like it , so haul up your flag . ''