three o'clock in the morning
Ready , however , took an opportunity to speak to William . `` I think , '' said he , `` that now we are here again , it will be necessary to keep a sort of night-watch , in case of accident . I shall not go to bed till it is quite dark , which it will be by nine o'clock , and shall have my glass to examine the offing the last thing . You see , there is little fear of the savages coming here in the night-time , but they may just before night or very early in the morning , so one of us must be up again before daybreak , that is between two and three o'clock in the morning , to see if there is anything to be seen of them ; if there is not , of course we may go to bed again , as they can not arrive till many hours afterwards ; and we must watch the wind and weather , if it is favourable for them to come to us , which , indeed , the wind will not be except at the commencement of the rainy season but it may be very light , and then they would not care for its being against them . I 've been thinking of it , William , a great deal , and my idea is , that it will be at the beginning of the rainy season that we shall have a visit , if we have one at all ; for you see that the wind do n't blow regular from one quarter , as it does now , but is variable , and then they can make sail in their canoes , and come here easily , instead of pulling between thirty and forty miles , which is hard work against wind and current . Still , we must not be careless and we must keep a good look-out even now . I do n't want to fret your father and Mrs Seagrave with my fears on the subject , but I tell you what I really think , and what we ought to do . ''