nearly five o'clock
`` I 've got a new plan , Tom ; I 'll tell you about it in the morning . Now , as there is no use of watching that room any longer , let us try to get a little sleep . '' `` It will be very little , '' murmured Sam , consulting his watch . `` It is nearly five o'clock already ! '' `` We 'll sleep until eight o'clock . Those brokers do n't get to business until nearly ten . '' Once more the boys retired , and , after much turning , all dropped into slumber .