midnight
`` We 'll not be gettin ' away from Fort Pelican to-morrow , will we ? '' asked Andy . `` We 'll take the day for visitin ' the folk and hearin ' the news , and start back the marnin ' after , '' suggested David . It was near midnight when they crawled into their beds to drop into a ten-knot sleep , and they slept so soundly than none of them awoke until they were aroused by the sun shining upon the tent the next morning . Breakfast was prepared and eaten leisurely . There was no hurry . The wind had fallen to a moderate stiff breeze , and Fort Pelican , through the narrows connecting Eskimo Bay with the sea outside , was almost in sight .