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`` You got ta see him in de mornin ' ! I vo n't ! '' `` I 'll stay , '' I said , and looked at my watch . It was after one o'clock . `` Give me an alarm-clock , '' I said , `` because Carpenter wakes with the birds , and we do n't want him escaping by the window . '' So it came about that at daybreak I tapped on Carpenter 's door , softly , so as not to waken him if he were asleep . But he answered , `` Come in ; '' and I entered , and found him sitting by the window , watching the dawn .