eleven o'clock
I might be put to the ordeal anywhere , even here in the thoroughfares of the city , and upon the whole I preferred to return to my lodging . Nay , I was the victim of a positive desire for that scene of my torture . I returned . It was eleven o'clock . The apparition awaited me . But this time it was not seated in the chair . It stood with its back to the window , and its gaze met mine as I entered the room .