Eleven o'clock
This thing I had got was a top-heavy affair , and was aching most confoundedly . Suddenly the recollection of the previous night rushed at me and shook me awake . From a neighbouring steeple rang chimes : I counted with care . Eleven o'clock . I sprang out of bed , and at once sat down upon the floor . I remembered how , holding on to the bed , I had felt the room waltzing wildly round and round . It had not quite steadied itself even yet .