about three o'clock
How much or how little Selim had been told of Renwick 's affair the Englishman did not know . But the man had already done him a service and might be in a position to help him further . So he decided upon an attitude of friendliness and gratitude which might perhaps be measured by a few of his eighteen _ kroners _ but no more . It was about three o'clock , when having met no adventures upon the way , they reached the farm of Selim Ali upon the border of the Romanja Plain . Twenty hours at a stretch , nine of which had been spent in the tension of his escape , were more than Renwick 's strength permitted , and he sank upon the straw pallet to which Selim assigned him , weary and shaken , and with a hand which instinctively clutched the lining of his trousers where his money was pinned , he fell into a deep sleep , from which he did not awaken until the sun was high in the heavens . He did not rise at once , but lay on his cot , gazing at the ceiling , his mind adjusting itself slowly to his situation . He felt for the money in the lining of his trousers .