three o'clock
`` Dot is so , '' said Hans . `` You vos tone splendidly alretty ! '' With two of the enemy in possession of the engine room , it was of course impossible to run the machinery of the steam yacht , and this being so our friends decided to wait until daylight before attempting to make another move . `` It is after three o'clock , '' said Dick . `` We may as well get what rest we can . We can take turns at remaining on guard , '' and so it was decided . But it must be said that nobody got much sleep , so great was the general excitement .