one in the morning
`` Of course . '' `` And you approve ? '' `` Perfectly . '' `` It is one in the morning , '' the Colonel went on , as he looked at a clock standing on a console ; `` at this moment sleep is the deepest . Well , we will attempt a sortie ; have the officers of the garrison aroused . '' The Major-domo went out : five minutes later the officers , still half-asleep , obeyed their Chief 's orders . `` Caballeros , '' the latter said to them , so soon as he saw them all collected round him , `` I have resolved to make a sortie against the rebels , surprise them , and fire their camp , if it be possible .