midnight
When Pete returned for further orders , he met the Assistant Engineer at the door of the commissary , baggily draped in a suit of McGraw 's clothes , which fitted nowhere except across the shoulders . Blake dismissed him , and went in to outfit himself with a costume in keeping with his position . Almost asleep , he then went back to the bunkhouse , stumbling and yawning , and stretched out in McGraw 's bed , utterly fagged . After an evening at poker with one of the new bridge-workers , Ashton had retired at midnight . He had not heard of Blake 's coming , for McGraw had presumed that the Assistant Engineer had reported to the office before turning in to sleep . When he awoke , the sun was half way up the eastern sky . He yawned , glanced at the sun , and rang for his breakfast .