eleven o'clock
And , too , there were five weeks yet before this wonderful being would arrive . During this time I would walk , and accustom myself to riding , and when this paragon did come , I would leave her in full and free possession of the house throughout the day . It was not near so bad as it had looked at first . By eleven o'clock I felt able to sleep , if not entirely reconciled to the new order of things . `` Sufficient unto the day -- '' I thought , with a sigh , and knocking the ashes from my cold pipe into the palm of my hand , I threw them over the railing of the porch , and went to bed . The days passed for me now like a procession of pleasant dreams . The more I became acquainted with my host and hostess , the more I identified myself with their way of living , and the more I realized that I had fallen among people of exceedingly gentle blood .