three in the morning
`` Well , I altered my mind , '' said Fraser , amiably , `` I do n't like treating ladies roughly , but if the cap'n comes on board and finds you here it 'll be bad for me , that 's all . '' `` What time do you expect him ? '' enquired Miss Tipping . `` Not before we sail at three in the morning . '' said the mate , glibly ; `` perhaps not then . I often have to take the ship out without him . He 's been away six weeks at a stretch before now . ''