About eleven o'clock
It so happened that he had in his trunk a fish horn which had been given him by someone in Waverley . This he took out of the trunk before retiring and hid it under his pillow . It was about nine o'clock when he went to bed , but by considerable effort he succeeded in keeping awake for an hour or two . About eleven o'clock , Abner Holden , before going to bed himself , decided to make one more attempt to obtain possession of Herbert 's money . He reflected that possibly our hero had only put away his money by chance on the previous evening , and might have neglected to do so on the present occasion . He desired to get possession of it before any part of it was spent , as , judging from what he knew of boys , it would not remain long unexpended . Once more , therefore , he took his candle , and removing his thick-soled shoes , which might betray him by their sound , crept softly up the steep and narrow staircase .