three o'clock in the morning
`` I fear you will have none before morning ; then it generally blows fresh , for two or three hours . I do n't know how far it is to the village which is the headquarters of the pirates . As far as I could make out , from the Malays with whom we have been living , it is about six hours ' walking ; but the boats will row twice as fast as a man would walk through the forest . In that case you may be attacked at two or three o'clock in the morning , and you wo n't get the breeze till after sunrise . '' `` Are there any other channels through the reef ? '' the captain asked . `` I do not know , '' Will replied .