ten o'clock at night
Let the porter find a seat for you . It 's pretty crowded out there now . Or , if the gentleman has no objections , you might sit here with him until it 's time to make the berths down . The day coaches and smokers usually get thinned out a little by ten o'clock at night . '' And thus it was that Jimmy made a new friend . `` You see , '' explained the man he had befriended , `` this race meeting down there means a lot to a chap smashed up as I am . It 's about the only thrill I ever get since -- since -- I had to live in a chair .