Two o'clock
`` I took a piece of fat wood from this fire and went in where he was , '' replied Harvey . `` He was covered up head and ears , but I saw his boots sticking out from under the blanket . '' `` What time is it ? '' `` Two o'clock of a clear , starlight morning , and all 's well , '' answered Harvey ; and this made it plain that if he was not a soldier he was learning to be one , for he knew how to pass the sentry 's call . '' _ Well _ ; of all the dunderheads _ I _ ever heard of that Tom Percival is the biggest , '' thought Rodney , who had never in his life been more astounded . `` Two o'clock in the morning and he lying fast asleep there in the corn-crib when he ought to be miles away ! If I had known he was going to act like that , I would have seen him happy before I would have risked my neck trying to save his . ''