eight o'clock
When I went to bed I could not sleep , I was so excited by the fact that I was going to England the next day . I trembled when I thought of my mother , and of what might happen to prevent my finding her . I heard the clock on Trinity Church strike three before I went to sleep . It was eight o'clock when I awoke , and I was to be on board the steamer at ten . I ate my breakfast , paid my bill , and left the hotel with my valise in my hand . A stage up Greenwich Street carried me nearly to the ferry , and I reached the steamer half an hour before the appointed time . I found the state-room which I was to share with `` E. Dunkswell , '' where I left my valise , the evidence of my respectability , and then went on deck .