eleven o'clock
And he laughed . But James Collins did not come back , when he ought to have done , and the evening papers arrived before him , brought by the station-master 's son Jacob . Jacob had seen nothing of Collins , and Merriton , who did not know that the man had gone on this errand , made no remark when the hours went slowly by , and no sign of Collins appeared . At eleven o'clock the household retired . Merriton , still ignorant of his man 's absence , went to bed and slept soundly . The first knowledge he received of Collins ' absence was when Borkins appeared in his bedroom in the morning . `` Where the deuce is Collins ? ''