about seven in the morning
`` My lord , '' replied the boy in tones of gratitude , `` was n't it my place to do it ? Thalcave has saved my life already , and you -- you are going to save my father . '' AFTER the first joy of the meeting was over , Paganel and his party , except perhaps the Major , were only conscious of one feeling -- they were dying of thirst . Most fortunately for them , the Guamini ran not far off , and about seven in the morning the little troop reached the inclosure on its banks . The precincts were strewed with the dead wolves , and judging from their numbers , it was evident how violent the attack must have been , and how desperate the resistance . As soon as the travelers had drunk their fill , they began to demolish the breakfast prepared in the RAMADA , and did ample justice to the extraordinary viands . The NANDOU fillets were pronounced first-rate , and the armadillo was delicious .