About ten o'clock
On the following evening Denison was driven out to the place by his brother , who took advantage of the occasion to point out to the youth the beauties of a country life , away from the temptations of cities . Also he remarked upon the folly of a young man spending the bloom of his years among the dissolute natives of the South Seas ; and then casually inquired if the women down there were pretty . Then the younger Denison began to talk , and the elder brother immediately pulled up the horse from a smart trot into a slow walk , saying there was no need to rush along on such a hot night , and that he liked to hear about the customs of foreign countries . About ten o'clock they reached their destination , and the elder brother , without getting out of the trap and entering the house , hurriedly bade Tom good-bye and drove off as quickly as possible , fearing that if he stayed till the morning , and the youth saw the place by daylight , the latter would become a fratricide . The occupants of the farm were , the new manager found , three black fellows and two ` gins , ' -LCB- * -RCB- all of whom were in a state of stark nudity ; but they welcomed him with smiles and an overpowering smell of ants , the which latter is peculiar to the Australian nigger . One of the bucks , who when Denison entered was sleeping , with three exceedingly mangy dogs , in the ex-proprietor 's bunk -- a gorgeous affair made of a badly-smelling new green hide stretched between four posts , at once got up and gave him possession of the couch ; and Denison , being very tired , spread his rug over the hide and turned in , determined not to grumble , and make the thing pay , and then buy a place in the Marquesas or Samoa in a few years , and die in comfort . During the night the mosquitoes worried him incessantly , until one of the coloured ladies , who slept on the ground in the next room , hearing his petulant exclamations , brought him a dirty piece of rag , soaked in kerosene , and told him to anoint his hair , face and hands with it .