two in the morning
Presently one of the ladies got up and said that this would never do ; that the next day was Sunday , and that we were in duty bound to do our best to reach the end of our journey on Saturday night . Thus admonished , my comrade and I started up and resolved to become `` men , '' that is , to act as boatmen . No sooner said than done . We roused the three sleepers , embarked the most important half of our luggage ; left the other half in charge of the native with the idiotic countenance , with directions to take care of it and have it forwarded as soon as possible , and , at a little after two in the morning , pulled vigorously away from the inhospitable shores of Moldeoen . We started on our sixty-miles ' journey hopefully , and went on our way for an hour or so with spirit . But when two hours had elapsed , my companion and I began to feel the effects of rowing with unaccustomed muscles rather severely , and gazed with envy at the three ladies who lay coiled up in an indescribable heap of shawls and crinolines in the stern of the boat , sound asleep . They needed sleep , poor things , not having rested for two days and two nights .