eleven o'clock
Then East , after a roll or two , came to an anchor , also , and , nodding to Tom , began examining his ankle . `` What a pull , '' -LSB- 4 -RSB- said he , `` that it 's lie-in-bed morning , for I shall be as lame as a tree , I think . '' -LSB- 4 -RSB- #Pull # : lucky thing . It was Sunday morning , and Sunday lectures had not yet been established ; so that nothing but breakfast intervened between bed and eleven o'clock chapel , -- a gap by no means easy to fill up ; in fact , though received with the correct amount of grumbling , the first lecture instituted by the Doctor shortly afterward was a great boon to the school . It was lie-in-bed , and no one was in a hurry to get up , especially in rooms where the sixth-form boy was a good-tempered fellow , as was the case in Tom 's room , and allowed the small boys to talk and laugh , and do pretty much what they pleased , so long as they did n't disturb him . His bed was a bigger one than the rest , standing in the corner by the fire-place , with a washing-stand and large basin by the side , where he lay in state , with his white curtains tucked in so as to form a retiring place ; an awful subject of contemplation to Tom , who slept nearly opposite , and watched the great man rouse himself and take a book from under his pillow , and begin reading , leaning his head on his hand , and turning his back to the room . Soon , however , a noise of striving urchins arose , and muttered encouragements from the neighboring boys , of -- `` Go it , Tadpole ! ''