about ten o'clock
The sleeping-car , said the conductor afterwards , was fuller than usual that night . Some officers got aboard at Rock Springs , and sat up quite late , chatting with others who had boarded them at Butte and Pawnee . There were five officers in all . One of them , who had not taken a berth , went forward about ten o'clock and made a `` roost '' in the day car . The conductor heard the others talking about it , and how the lieutenant would never spend an unnecessary cent , and some of them thought he was foolish , and others said he was right , and they respected him for it . These gentlemen slept late , saying they would rather breakfast after they got to Omaha . The lady who came aboard at Braska was the first one up in the morning .