four o'clock
Most of the Sarthes and Kirghizes who got out at Askhabad , have been replaced by other second-class passengers , Afghan merchants and smugglers , the latter particularly clever in their line of business . All the green tea consumed in Central Asia is brought by them from China through India , and although the transport is much longer , they sell it at a much lower price than the Russian tea . I need not say that their luggage was examined with Muscovite minuteness . The train started again at four o'clock . Our car was still a sleeper . I envied the sleep of my companions , and as that was all I could do , I returned to the platform . The dawn was appearing in the east .