about eight o'clock
` The day is young , ' I said , ` and I have come far . I ask to be allowed to sleep for an hour . ' The men made no difficulty , and with my head between Colin 's paws I slipped into dreamless slumber . When they wakened me the sun was beginning to climb the sky , I judged it to be about eight o'clock . They had made a little fire and roasted mealies . Some of the food they gave me , and I ate it thankfully . I was feeling better , and I think a pipe would have almost completed my cure .