eleven o'clock
`` Yes , but people in a sleeping-car must expect to be disturbed . '' `` Oh , they must . Very well -- see me later . '' Four others came in with just as much racket , and they kept their chattering going until eleven o'clock . At half-past eleven the lights were turned down and everybody was ready for sleep . I had been patiently waiting for this . Lying on my back , arms locked over my head and my palate down , I brought a snore which went thundering over that car in a way to open every eye .