eleven o'clock
After a morning of manly exercise , the company met at dinner , where it was the delight of Lord Woodville to conduce to the display of the high properties of his recovered friend , so as to recommend him to his guests , most of whom were persons of distinction . He led General Browne to speak of the scenes he had witnessed ; and as every word marked alike the brave officer and the sensible man , who retained possession of his cool judgment under the most imminent dangers , the company looked upon the soldier with general respect , as no one who had proved himself possessed of an uncommon portion of personal courage -- that attribute , of all others , of which every body desires to be thought possessed . The day at Woodville Castle ended as usual in such mansions . The hospitality stopped within the limits of good order ; music , in which the young lord was a proficient , succeeded to the circulation of the bottle : cards and billiards , for those who preferred such amusements , were in readiness : but the exercise of the morning required early hours , and not long after eleven o'clock the guests began to retire to their several apartments . The young lord himself conducted his friend , General Browne , to the chamber destined for him , which answered the description he had given of it , being comfortable , but old-fashioned . The bed was of the massive form used in the end of the seventeenth century , and the curtains of faded silk , heavily trimmed with tarnished gold . But then the sheets , pillows , and blankets looked delightful to the campaigner , when he thought of his mansion , the cask .