eleven o’clock
After taking coffee with my friends we play at dominoes . It is forbidden for the Arabs to play at cards in Biskra . I remain in the café at the corner -- '' `` I know -- by the Garden of the Gazelles ! '' `` -- till eleven o'clock , at which time I again mount upon my mule , and return quietly to my home . When I reach there I eat with my wife and children sour milk , bread , and dates from my palm-trees which I have kept from the autumn . At twelve we all go to bed together in a black room . '' `` A black room ? ''