three A.M
`` I might leave all here and claim old Fraser 's hospitality for a night . No one can get up to the second story , '' mused Hobbes , who now regretted having ordered the fly to come for him only at day-break . `` Here is a wild night of inky darkness . The star occults only at three A.M. . This hurricane ruins all . And old man Fraser may not have returned from London . '' So with a basket of luncheon , a roll of blankets , and a bottle of cocktails , the volunteer astronomer reluctantly sought the dryest corner of the second floor of the old tower for a night 's camp .