one o’clock
Five minutes elapsed , and brought nothing but increased cold and pain . It occurred to him that if the police found him they would suppose him to be drunk ; also that it was his duty to go to them and give them the alarm . He rose , and , after a struggle with dizziness and nausea , concluded that his most pressing duty was to get to bed , and leave Dr. Moncrief to recapture his ruffianly pupil as best he could . Accordingly , at half-past one o'clock , the doctor was roused by a knocking at his chamber-door , outside which he presently found his professor of mathematics , bruised , muddy , and apparently inebriated . Five minutes elapsed before Wilson could get his principal 's mind on the right track . Then the boys were awakened and the roll called . Byron and Molesworth were reported absent .