three o'clock
In return for this joke , I collected all the portable clocks in the house -- about twenty -- and arrayed them on his bedroom table . The majority of them were Waterburys for common use , so I set each alarm for a different hour . Inscribing a placard `` Hospital for Insane '' , I erected it above his door . Next morning I was awakened at three o'clock by fifteen alarms in concert outside my door . When an hour or two later I emerged I found a notice on my door , `` This way to the Zoo '' . It was a very busy time for the men at Five-Bob . Waggons were arriving with shearing supplies , for it was drawing nigh unto the great event of the year .