three in the morning
said the Captain to himself , as he came up at last with the riderless animal two hours after . `` Outwitted , discredited , and by a parcel of children ! However , let 's make the best of it ; '' and so saying , he urged his horse towards Myddelton Hall , leading the stranger 's by the bridle . At three in the morning , when the sun was rising , and the air was sweet and cool , and songs of birds made music all around him , Philip rode into the yard of the school-house . He found Rupert waiting for him . `` Hugh and Vernon are in the kitchen making a famine , '' said Master Ommaney . `` Old Full 's down there with them , and he 's as pleased as a Merry Andrew about it all !