two in the morning
asks he . `` Why , '' says I , `` our passes expire at sundown after the day of Ramadah , so we must get hence , by hook or by crook , before that . '' `` That falls as pat as I would have it , '' returns he -LRB- but not in these words -RRB- , `` for all the world will be up at the Cassanabah on that day , to the feast the Dey gives to honour his son 's coming of age . Moreover , the moon by then will not rise before two in the morning . So all being in our favour , I 'm minded to venture on this business . But you must understand that I dare not take you aboard in the port , where I must make a pretence of going out a-fishing with my three sons , and give the janizaries good assurance that no one else is aboard , that I may not fall into trouble on my return . '' `` That 's reasonable enough , '' says I , `` but where will you take us aboard ? ''