two o’clock in the morning
The cook urged him always to hurry , and seemed determined to have everything ready on time . And Archie began to realise that he was working under a rather severe master . He was again successful in getting the vegetables finished in time for the evening meal , and then he had an idea that he might be allowed to rest for awhile , but he soon realised his mistake . He was advised to begin work on the potatoes for breakfast if he did n't want to get up at two o'clock in the morning and pare them , so once more he took up the knife and began to clean and scrape . It was ten o'clock before he had finished , and he found himself too tired to spend any time on the after-deck with the crew , but went at once down into the small , stuffy room where he was to sleep with some of the stewards . His back ached from bending over , and his hands were all sore from being scraped . Things were not very pleasant in this bedroom , but poor Archie was glad enough to be able to lie down on the hard straw tick and go to sleep .