three o'clock a.m.
And how are you ? You do n't look particularly bright , rather the reverse , indeed ; and what is the matter with your arm ? '' Thereupon I gave him a hasty outline of my story , so far at least as the cruise in the `` Vigilant '' was concerned ; and then old Richards , the butler , brought in the supper ; serving it , by Sir Peregrine 's orders , in the library , so that we might not be disturbed or my yarn interrupted by passing from one room to another . We sat until close upon three o'clock a.m. , my uncle forgetting all about bed in his anxiety to hear full particulars of my doings since I had last parted from him . At length , however , he glanced at the clock upon the mantelpiece , and at once pulled me up short . `` There , there ! that will do for to-night , my dear boy .