about seven in the morning
Some moments after his continued bass supported the captain 's baritone . `` Certainly , '' said Michel Ardan , finding himself alone , `` these practical people have sometimes most opportune ideas . '' And with his long legs stretched out , and his great arms folded under his head , Michel slept in his turn . But this sleep could be neither peaceful nor lasting , the minds of these three men were too much occupied , and some hours after , about seven in the morning , all three were on foot at the same instant . The projectile was still leaving the moon , and turning its conical part more and more toward her . An explicable phenomenon , but one which happily served Barbicane 's ends . Seventeen hours more , and the moment for action would have arrived .