a quarter after eleven
Atkins was sound asleep , really asleep , in the bedroom , and when he emerged he was evidently quite unaware of his helper 's unpremeditated treason . Brown 's conscience pricked him , however , and he went to bed that night vowing over and over that he would be more careful thereafter . He would take care not to meet the Graham girl again . Having reached this decision , there remained nothing but to put her out of his mind entirely ; which he succeeded in doing at a quarter after eleven , when he fell asleep . Even then she was not entirely absent , for he dreamed a ridiculous dream about her . Next day he did not go for a swim , but remained in the house . Seth , at supper , demanded to know what ailed him .