about two o'clock in the
morning
`` Yes , I could do that . Well , anyhow , Harry , we can but try ; anything is better than waiting here hour after hour for the messenger to come back with what will be our death warrant . '' They agreed to keep awake by turns , and accordingly lay down as soon as it became dark , the Malays , as usual , squatting at a distance of a couple of paces each side of them . It was about two o'clock in the morning when Dick , who was awake , saw , as he supposed , one of the crew standing up a few yards away ; he was not sure , for just at that moment the figure disappeared . `` What on earth could that fellow want to stand up for and lie down again ? for I can swear he was not there half a minute ago . There is another farther on . ''