nine o’clock
When I got there , I was shown into a long schoolroom , which had been built out from the main building . It was dark , save for one candle , and was warmed by a stove . The walls were partly covered with maps , and at one end of the room hung a diagram representing a globe , on which an immense amount of wasted ingenuity had been spent to produce the illusion of solidity . The master , I was told , was out , and in this room with one candle I remained till nine o'clock . At that time a servant brought me some bread and cheese on a small tray , with half-a-pint of beer . I asked for water , which was given me , and she then retired . The tray was set down on the master 's raised desk , and sitting there I ate my supper in silence , looking down upon the dimly-lighted forms , and forward into the almost absolute gloom .