two in the morning
But as I was certain that there was no earthly chance of our finding among the Kendah -- if ever we reached them -- the lady who had tumbled in the Nile in Egypt , well , I was glad that Providence had been so good as to make it impossible for us to commit suicide by thirst in a desert , or otherwise . For , notwithstanding my former reasonings to the contrary , I was now convinced that this was what had happened to poor Ragnall 's wife . That , however , was just what Providence had not done . In the middle of the night , to be precise , at exactly two in the morning , I was awakened by Hans , who slept at the back of my shanty , into which he had crept through a hole in the faggots , exclaiming in a frightened voice , `` Open your eyes and look , Baas . There are two _ spooks _ waiting to see you outside , Baas . '' Very cautiously I lifted myself a little and stared out into the moonlight . There , seated about five paces from the open end of the hut were the `` spooks '' sure enough , two white-robed figures squatting silent and immovable on the ground .