four in the morning
Next day Macfarlane was absent from the class , and Fettes smiled to himself as he imagined him still squiring the intolerable Gray from tavern to tavern . As soon as the hour of liberty had struck he posted from place to place in quest of his last night 's companions . He could find them , however , nowhere ; so returned early to his rooms , went early to bed , and slept the sleep of the just . At four in the morning he was awakened by the well-known signal . Descending to the door , he was filled with astonishment to find Macfarlane with his gig , and in the gig one of those long and ghastly packages with which he was so well acquainted . ` What ? ' he cried .