nine o'clock
Jeremy was sure that if Bob had escaped he would soon reach the cabin , for he had the lay of the island well in mind now . And so , while Tom kept watch , they lay down with their clothes on before the fire . The gray November morning dawned damp and cold . In the sheer exhaustion that followed on their adventure of the night before , Jeremy and his father slept heavily till close to nine o'clock , when Tom wakened them . His face was haggard with watching , and he looked so worried that they had no need to ask him if Bob had come in . It was a gloomy party that sat down to the morning meal . The youngest could eat nothing for thinking of his chum 's fate .