eleven o'clock
He did not return at once to the scenes about Quade 's place , but went to the station , three quarters of a mile farther up the track . Here , in a casual way , he learned from the little pink-faced Cockney Englishman who watched the office at night that Stevens had been correct in his information . Quade had gone to Tête Jaune . Although it was eleven o'clock , Aldous proceeded in the direction of the engineers ' camp , still another quarter of a mile deeper in the bush . He was restless . He did not feel that he could sleep that night . The engineers ' camp he expected to find in darkness , and he was surprised when he saw a light burning brightly in Keller 's cabin .