six o'clock
They separated , as if each might have something else to employ him , and shortly all the night camp in the grand old forest seemed to be asleep . The remaining hours of darkness passed silently , and the sun arose with a promise of another hot day . Small fires were kindled for coffee-making , but the preparations for breakfast were hurried . Before six o'clock the mules were harnessed , the horses were saddled , and all things were made ready for a diligent push southward . It had been a difficult business to get Ned Crawford out of his tent , but here he was , trying his best to move his legs as if they belonged to him . His coffee and corn-cakes did a great deal for him , and he made out to pretend to help Pablo in getting the fat pony ready for the road . Then , however , he was willing to see Pablo walk away , and he bravely led the pony to the side of what may have been an old and apparently abandoned ant-hill .