six o'clock in
the morning
Would you care for me to make inquiries ? Some of the natives would be sure to know . '' `` Ask that patriarch , '' said Phillips , `` Stephanos or whatever he 's called . Ask him next time you take him out for a row at six o'clock in the morning . '' He knew that he had startled Smith once when he referred to the seagulls ' eggs . He hoped to take him off his guard this time by showing that he had watched the whole of the morning row . But this time Smith was not to be caught .