ten o'clock in the morning
He arranged for sleeping accommodation for them for the night in the hut of the storekeeper for whom he brought up provisions , judging that this was more comfortable and quiet for them than in the crowded and noisy plank edifice called the hotel . The next morning they started by the coach for Sacramento , Frank ordering the muleteers to follow with the animals at once . It was a twenty-four hours ' drive ; but it did not seem a long one to any of them , for Frank had so much to tell about his doings and adventures from the day when he last saw them , that there was scarce a pause in their talk , until at night Captain Bayley and Harry dozed in their corner of the coach , while Frank got outside and sat and smoked by the driver , being altogether too excited by the sudden arrival of his uncle , and the change in all his plans , to feel inclined for sleep . It was ten o'clock in the morning when they drove into Sacramento . `` I think , uncle , I will just go round to my house , for I keep one regularly here , and put on the garb of civilisation . Alice would not recognise me in this red shirt and high boots . '' `` Stuff and nonsense ! ''