nine o'clock in the morning
`` What have I been dreaming ? '' he asked himself again and again . But as only a confused jumble of memories answered him , he sank back upon the pillows , and was soon buried in slumber . It was past nine o'clock in the morning when he next awoke . He felt decidedly better . Both the feverishness and the fatigue had left him . He went to the club and breakfasted there .