midnight
That means we wo n't get there until after three in the morning , '' muttered Hal . `` I wish we would n't get there until daylight , '' rejoined Noll . `` Then I 'd feel like dropping back for another nap . '' Nearly everyone else in the car was dozing , it being after midnight . It was half-past three o'clock in the morning when the brakeman rested his hand on Hal 's shoulder . `` We ought to be at Clowdry in five minutes now , '' said the brakeman . `` Much obliged , '' Overton answered .