four
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The second time Phil struck a match , one of the silent kind , and took a look at his watch , curious to know how the night was wearing away . He found it was two o'clock , and that the guess he had made was not far amiss . It took him some little time to get asleep again after that , but in the end he managed to accomplish it . Daylight would be coming by four o'clock and as the novelty of the outing was still upon them , it was to be expected that the boys would want to be up with the birds -- that is , all but Lub , who loved sleeping better than plunging into the lake for an early morning swim . It was fated , however , that they were not to be allowed to slumber calmly on until the approach of the sun hurried the round moon out of sight below the western horizon . A most unearthly racket sounding awoke every one . If an earthquake had occurred it could hardly have created a greater noise .