one in the morning
Finally he brooded in a general way , because he had had very little sleep the past week . The spectacle of a young man doing his duty and enduring considerable discomforts while doing it is painful ; but there is such uplift in it , it affords so excellent a moral picture , that I can not omit a short description of the manner in which Rupert Baxter had spent the nights which had elapsed since his meeting with Ashe in the small hours in the hall . In the gallery which ran above the hall there was a large chair , situated a few paces from the great staircase . On this , in an overcoat -- for the nights were chilly -- and rubber-soled shoes , the Efficient Baxter had sat , without missing a single night , from one in the morning until daybreak , waiting , waiting , waiting . It had been an ordeal to try the stoutest determination . Nature had never intended Baxter for a night bird . He loved his bed .