ten o'clock
Yes , after the trip of forty days and nights from New Orleans -LRB- fifty from New York ! -RRB- , and of six thousand miles , by water , and twenty miles by land , here they all were , at anchor off the Land of Gold . Charley rather hated to turn in . However , the three of them went to bed , at ten o'clock , and San Francisco was still as lively as ever . Once , in the night , Charley woke up , thinking that he heard a soft hail and the splash of oars . He wondered if the long-nosed man 's party were taking their `` French leave . '' He sat up and peered out of the open door ; and there , across the water , were the lights of San Francisco , and the uproar of voices and hammers and music .