eleven o'clock
He had seemed intolerably slow in arriving on the train , but once arrived in Venice he wished that he had come by the steamboat , which would not be in for three hours yet . In despair he went to bed , considering that after he had tossed there till he could endure it no longer , he would still have the resource of getting up , which he would not have unless he went to bed . When he lay down , he found himself drowsy ; and while he wondered at this , he fell asleep , and dreamed a strange dream , so terrible that he woke himself by groaning in spirit , a thing which , as he reflected , he had never done before . The sun was piercing the crevice between his shutters , and a glance at his watch showed him that it was eleven o'clock . The shadow of his dream projected itself into his waking mood , and steeped it in a gloom which he could not escape . He rose and dressed , and meagrely breakfasted . Without knowing how he came there , he stood announced in Mrs. Erwin 's parlor , and waited for her to receive him .