five in the morning
Think o ' Pitcairn , '' he said , with a laughing devil in his eye . `` Pitcairn may go to perdition , '' I answered with some heat . `` It 's not Pitcairn that 's on his way there , I 'm thinking , '' he returned , with a droll look ; `` but we must all learn by experience , so gang your own gate . We 're off at five in the morning . Do you go ? '' He saw by my manner that nothing save an earthquake could get me from the house , and whistling , with some significance , `` The Deil Has Nae Got all the Fools , '' he left me without a good-by word . After he had gone I went forth into the open to be alone .