about 4:00 A.M.
But he 's got a lot more imagination than most people , because he 's a cripple , and he could go off on a crazy tangent because he 's upset about Charlie . The thing to do is give him a logical explanation instead of letting him think his fantasy is a fact . '' Doc was taking all this so hard -- because it was upsetting things he 'd taken for granted as being facts all his life , like those astronomers who were going nuts in droves all over the world . I did n't realize how upset Doc really was , though , till he woke me up at about 4:00 A.M. `` I ca n't sleep for thinking about those stars , '' he said , sitting on the edge of my bunk . `` Roy , I 'm _ scared _ . '' That from Doc was something I 'd never expected to hear . It startled me wide enough awake to sit up in the dark and listen while he unloaded his worries .