three o'clock in the
morning
`` He was not such a bad sort , after all . '' It was not long after this that a mass of wreckage drifted past them . There was a bit of broken spar and some other woodwork , but no human being , and they let the wreckage go . By looking at his watch Dick saw that it was three o'clock in the morning . `` It will be light in another couple of hours , '' he said . `` If we can keep on top of the waves until then perhaps we can sight the islands the captain mentioned . '' `` I wish it was daylight now , '' sighed Nellie .