one o'clock in the morning
`` At any rate , Pierre , here are a couple of crowns , so that you can arrange with a man for the hire of the boat , and his services , for twenty-four hours , if necessary . '' Chapter 8 : The Capture Of Saumur . The arrangements being now completed , Leigh and his band lay down in a thicket near the bank of the river , and slept for some hours . At one o'clock in the morning Leigh rose and , with his three followers , started for the village . It was but twenty minutes ' walk . Not a soul was stirring , not a light visible in any window . They found that three or four boats were lying by the bank .