about nine o'clock
Bulkington ! where 's Bulkington ? '' and darted out of the house in pursuit of him . It was now about nine o'clock , and the room seeming almost supernaturally quiet after these orgies , I began to congratulate myself upon a little plan that had occurred to me just previous to the entrance of the seamen . No man prefers to sleep two in a bed . In fact , you would a good deal rather not sleep with your own brother . I do n't know how it is , but people like to be private when they are sleeping .