ten o'clock
The leader had even told the author of the item that he was glad somebody could appreciate the kind of a man Uncle Billy was , and his value to the body politic . `` Honest as the day is long , '' Uncle Billy repeated to himself , in the little room , nodding his head gravely . Then he thought for a long while about the member who had , according to the story , gone home with $ 1,500 . He sat up , that evening , until almost ten o'clock . Even after he had gone to bed , he lay awake with his eyes wide open in the darkness , thinking of the colossal sum . If anybody should come to _ him _ and offer him all that money to vote a certain way upon a bill , he believed he would not take it , for that would be bribery ; though Henry would be glad to have the money . Henry always needed money ; sometimes the need was imperative -- once , indeed , so imperative that the small , unfertile farm had been mortgaged beyond its value , otherwise very serious things must have happened to Henry .