eight o'clock
At this sudden and very unromantic change in the subject Nan laughed . And as laughter and ill-temper never go hand in hand , it was not long before Nan had forgotten all about Walter -- almost . She produced the lunch box , and for once Bess was too ravenously hungry to protest at the `` commonness '' of it , and they set to at its delicious contents with a will . It was eight o'clock when they went into the sleeping car , as they had been unable to secure a berth in Tillbury , and had had to telegraph ahead to have one reserved on a coach which was attached to the train further along the line . `` This is more like it , '' said Nan , as they entered the sleeping car . `` I 'll be glad enough to go to bed just as soon as we can see no more of the scenery we are passing . '' `` Who is to take the upper berth , you or I ? ''