eleven o'clock
And if he should miss the early train to-morrow morning he can never be in time to meet the Boston steamer , that is certain . Why could n't he have dashed up on horseback with you ? '' `` I fancy , sir , he was not strong enough to bear such a forced ride as I was obliged to undertake . '' As it was eleven o'clock when they arose from the supper-table the judge almost immediately took his leave , having previously arranged with Ishmael to join him at his hotel the next morning , to proceed from there to the station . The two young clerks remained longer , to go over certain documents with their employer , and receive his final instructions . When they had departed , Ishmael went into his bedroom , where he found the professor waiting for him . `` At last ! ''