eight o'clock
And Horace , standing near the bed , gazed at his stepbrother and tried in his stupid way to read the secrets beneath that curly hair . But he had no success . He caught himself calculating how much Sidney had cost him , at periods of his career when he could ill spare money ; and , having caught himself , he was angry with himself for such baseness . At eight o'clock he ventured to knock at Ella 's door and explain to her that Sidney had not been quite well . She had passed a peaceful night , for he had , of course , refrained from disturbing her . He was not quite sure whether Sidney had meant him to stay at the hydro as his guest , so he demanded a bill , paid it , said good-bye , and left for Bonn-on-the-Rhine . He was very exhausted and sleepy .