nine o'clock
Here it means , having it done for em by another . -LSB- 35 -RSB- #Experto crede # : believe one who has had experience . MARTIN 'S DEN . The Vulguses being finished by nine o'clock , and Martin having rejoiced above measure in the abundance of light , and of Gradus and dictionary , and other conveniences almost unknown to him for getting through the work , and having been pressed by Arthur to come and do his verses there whenever he liked , the three boys went down to Martin 's den , and Arthur was initiated into the lore of birds ' eggs , to his great delight . The exquisite coloring and forms astonished and charmed him who had scarcely even seen any but a hen 's egg or an ostrich 's , and by the time he was lugged away to bed he had learned the names of at least twenty sorts , and dreamed of the glorious perils of tree climbing , and that he had found a roc 's -LSB- 36 -RSB- egg in the island as big as Sindbad 's -LSB- 37 -RSB- and clouded like a titlark 's , in blowing -LSB- 38 -RSB- which , Martin and he had nearly been drowned in the yolk . -LSB- 36 -RSB- #Roc # : a monstrous , imaginary bird . -LSB- 37 -RSB- #Sindbad # : a sailor in the `` Arabian Nights ' Tales , '' who had many wonderful adventures .