eight o'clock
He saw these pictures , but he was scarcely conscious of them -- no more so than if they had been dreams . Yet he was not asleep . Once , he roused himself and glanced at his watch . It was just eight o'clock . He had nothing to do , and it was too early for bed . Then his mind went blank again , and the pictures began to form and vanish under his eyelids . There was nothing distinctive about the pictures .