five o'clock in the morning
It would be a happy moment for him if he could put one hundred and fifty dollars into his father 's hands , and thus enable him to make up his interest money . There must be some one in Rockland who wanted a boat , and who would be willing to pay him this price for so fast and stiff a craft as the Rosabel . With this pleasant anticipation in his mind , Leopold went to sleep . He usually got up between four and five o'clock in the morning ; but he did not wake till he heard his father 's voice in his chamber . He had been so tired after the hard work he had done on the beach , and lying awake till after midnight , he had overslept himself . `` Come , Leopold ; it is after seven o'clock , '' said Mr. Bennington , in the rather sad and gloomy tones which the misery of his financial trials had imposed upon him . `` Seven o'clock ! ''