four o’clock in the morning
It was ten o'clock before he had finished , and he found himself too tired to spend any time on the after-deck with the crew , but went at once down into the small , stuffy room where he was to sleep with some of the stewards . His back ached from bending over , and his hands were all sore from being scraped . Things were not very pleasant in this bedroom , but poor Archie was glad enough to be able to lie down on the hard straw tick and go to sleep . He slept soundly until he was awakened at four o'clock in the morning by the second cook , who ordered him up-stairs to work . There was no time to wash , and no place where he could wash , so the boy was obliged to go up just as he was , much as he disliked doing so . And once up-stairs there were various chores which were waiting for him in the galley , so that he was kept running until breakfast was served . And then it was time to begin paring vegetables again .