four o’clock in the morning
The walrus oil to be burnt was frozen so hard that it had to be broken up with hatchets . The day passed without any incident . The bears went and came , prowling round the house , but attempting no direct attack . Watch was kept all night , and at four o'clock in the morning they seemed to have left the court-at any rate , they were nowhere to be seen . But about seven o'clock Marbre went up to the loft to fetch some provisions , and on his return announced that the bears were walking about on the roof . Hobson , the Sergeant , Mac-Nab , and two or three soldiers seized their arms , and rushed to the ladder in the passage , which . communicated with the loft by a trap-door .