eight o'clock
He had one of those American watches with luminous , phosphorescent figures and fingers . And tonight he felt afraid of its eerily shining face . He was awake a long time in the dark -- for two hours , thinking and not thinking , in that barren state which is not sleep , nor yet full wakefulness , and which is a painful strain . At length he went to sleep again , and did not wake till past eight o'clock . He did not ring for his coffee till nine . Outside was a bright day -- but he hardly heeded it . He lay profitlessly thinking .