about two in the
morning
`` Good-night ! '' called Roland after him . Then with the indifference to danger which a soldier generally feels for himself and his companions , Roland took his way back to the Château des Noires-Fontaines , as he had promised Sir John . The next day Roland , who had been unable to sleep till about two in the morning , woke about seven . Collecting his scattered wits , he recalled what had passed between Sir John and himself the night before , and was astonished that the Englishman had not wakened him . He dressed hastily and went to Sir John 's room at the risk of rousing him from his first sleep . He knocked at the door .