eight in the morning
This took barely ten minutes . The same space of time was devoted to building up the fire for the night . Then , well tired , despite all their excitement , all the members of Dick & Co. were soon sound asleep . It was eight in the morning when the first one of them awoke . `` Well , we got through the night without having any more of either Ripley or Fits , '' remarked Tom , as he dressed . `` Which is worse ? '' inquired Dave .