nine o'clock
By the help of the stethoscope , I found that this was only too true . His chest , indeed , was in such a condition that it was only a question of gaining time , not of saving life ; for one lung was entirely gone , and the other seriously affected . During the remainder of the evening , both he and I felt ourselves re-established on the old footing , my authority as doctor now giving me a slight superiority . At nine o'clock , I declared that he must go to bed , and I told him that the next morning I intended to come again , and prescribe what was needful . I heard he was not to be at school before eleven : until that hour he promised me not to go out . When I came home , I found my wife in great anxiety about me . She could not conceive how a sensible man , and a doctor into the bargain , who gave others such good advice , could be out more than was necessary in such dreadful weather ; and I had been out in it the whole time since dinner .