four o’clock in the morning
It appears that he had fled , in company of a muleteer called Bonifacio , across the mountains from the threats of Montero into the arms of an enraged mob . `` The Capataz of Cargadores , that Italian sailor of whom I have written to you before , has saved him from an ignoble death . That man seems to have a particular talent for being on the spot whenever there is something picturesque to be done . `` He was with me at four o'clock in the morning at the offices of the Porvenir , where he had turned up so early in order to warn me of the coming trouble , and also to assure me that he would keep his Cargadores on the side of order . When the full daylight came we were looking together at the crowd on foot and on horseback , demonstrating on the Plaza and shying stones at the windows of the Intendencia . Nostromo -LRB- that is the name they call him by here -RRB- was pointing out to me his Cargadores interspersed in the mob . `` The sun shines late upon Sulaco , for it has first to climb above the mountains .