five o'clock in the morning
Bret Harte has not told us whether the heathen Chinee has a conscience ; but if he has , neither Ah Sin nor Ah Jim experienced any inconvenience from its possession . Neither they nor Bill perhaps can fairly be taken as fair representatives of the different religious systems under which they were trained . Bill Crane could hardly claim any superiority over the heathen Chinee in point of honesty . It was five o'clock in the morning when Bill Crane opened his eyes . He felt refreshed by his night 's sleep , yet under ordinary circumstances would have deferred getting up for at least an hour . But the consciousness that he had a treasure to guard , and the knowledge that he was at any moment liable to be called to account by the real owner , whose camp was scarcely more than a mile distant , aroused him to exertion . `` I must get away while John Miles is still asleep , '' he bethought himself .