eleven o'clock
He was trembling now , as men sometimes do who have escaped alive from a great danger . He steadied himself by the back of the arm-chair , behind which the candle was burning steadily . With an effort , he stooped and took up the candlestick and set it on the table . Then he looked at his watch and saw that it was past eleven o'clock . It was some time since Guido had seen Lamberti , but the latter had written him a line to say that he was going with a party of men to stop in an old country house near the seashore , not far from Cività Vecchia . The quail were very abundant in May that year , and Lamberti was a good shot . He had left home suddenly on the morning after telling Guido the story of his adventure in the Forum .