five o'clock in the morning
Immediately , when Chad next saw her , her honest eyes sadly told him that she knew the truth , and Chad gave up then . Thereafter he disappeared from sports and from his kind every way , except in the classroom and in the debating hall . Sullenly he stuck to his books . From five o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock at night , he was at them steadily , in his room , or at recitation except for an hour 's walk with the school-master and the three half-hours that his meals kept him away . He grew so pale and thin that the Major and Caleb Hazel were greatly worried , but protest from both was useless . Before the end of the term he had mounted into college in every study , and was holding his own . At the end he knew his power -- knew what he COULD do , and his face was set , for his future , dauntless .