nearly one o'clock
They had reached the slip-rail and were climbing over , when a tall man appeared from the garden of Drink Between . '' _ Grizzel ! _ What in the wide creation are you doing here at this hour of night , or rather morning ? Do you know it is nearly one o'clock ? And what are you doing , young man ? '' `` Oh , Mr. Fraser -- it 's Mr. Fraser , '' she explained , turning to Dick , and such a confused tale followed , in which crystals , gold-mines , diamonds , wickedness , and miracles were all jumbled together , that Mr. Fraser decided that a glass of milk , a biscuit , and bed , had better pave the way to a fuller explanation next day . Ah Kew let them in with a wise smile and several nods of his head , and soon both Dick and Grizzel were sleeping as soundly as the other four Time-travellers .