one o'clock in the morning
In ten minutes Alan had secured permission to be off for the remainder of the day and the two boys hurried away for luncheon , to revel in dreams of their great opportunity . By night Mrs. Napier had consented , though with tears , to Ned 's going , and later Alan 's father reluctantly did the same . As Ned was to leave the next afternoon and had to see Major Honeywell and Senor Oje in the morning it was a busy evening that the two boys spent in Ned 's workshop . At one o'clock in the morning Alan 's work in Chicago was outlined and Ned 's needs in the East were all listed . `` And now , '' exclaimed the tired but exuberant Alan , `` it is all arranged but the name . What are we to call the air ship ? '' `` The ` Cibola , ' '' answered Ned without hesitation , `` the dream of the Spanish invaders and our hope of success . ''