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Thereafter he went to reside for the winter with his mother , occupying the same room as his worthy uncle , as there was not another spare one in the cottage , and sleeping in a hammock , slung parallel with and close to that of the captain . On the night following his release from prison , Ruby lay on his back in his hammock meditating intently on the future , and gazing at the ceiling , or rather at the place where he knew the ceiling to be , for it was a dark night , and there was no light in the room , the candle having just been extinguished . We are not strictly correct , however , in saying that there was _ no _ light in the room , for there was a deep red glowing spot of fire near to Captain Ogilvy 's head , which flashed and grew dim at each alternate second of time . It was , in fact , the captain 's pipe , a luxury in which that worthy man indulged morning , noon , and night . He usually rested the bowl of the pipe on and a little over the edge of his hammock , and , lying on his back , passed the mouthpiece over the blankets into the corner of his mouth , where four of his teeth seemed to have agreed to form an exactly round hole suited to receive it . At each draw the fire in the bowl glowed so that the captain 's nose was faintly illuminated ; in the intervals the nose disappeared . The breaking or letting fall of this pipe was a common incident in the captain 's nocturnal history , but he had got used to it , from long habit , and regarded the event each time it occurred with the philosophic composure of one who sees and makes up his mind to endure an inevitable and unavoidable evil .