midnight
I thought I knew something of the art of drinking , but at that supper I soon found I was a mere tippler compared with these country guzzlers . At that feast I learned also that Dorothy , when she had hinted concerning Sir George 's excessive drinking , had told the truth . He , being the host , drank with all his guests . Near midnight he grew distressingly drunk , talkative , and violent , and when toward morning he was carried from the room by his servants , the company broke up . Those who could do so reeled home ; those who could not walk at all were put to bed by the retainers at Haddon Hall . I had chosen my bedroom high up in Eagle Tower . At table I had tried to remain sober .