two o'clock in the morning
He removed this board , and reaching down into the hold , placed the bags in a position where they were not likely to be discovered , even by a person searching for them . Nailing on the board again , he covered it with various articles , and returned to the cabin . On the table lay a Bible , which the steward occasionally read . Though it was now two o'clock in the morning , he was not sleepy ; he was too much excited to think of slumber . He opened the good book mechanically , turned its leaves , and read a verse here and there ; but he was thinking all the time of the luxurious gayety of the French capital , and the pleasures which thirty-eight hundred and fifty dollars would purchase . `` For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? '' This was the last verse he read , and he closed the book , as though this appeal of Holy Writ grated harshly on his feelings .