about four in the morning
I had not , and said so ; but as the dog went everywhere , and the door might have blown shut , we did not attach much importance to that at the time . Well , the skiff was gone , and there was no use worrying about it until morning . I went back to the sofa to keep warm , but I left my candle lighted and my door open . I did not sleep : the dead cat was on my mind , and , as if it were not bad enough to have it washed in at my feet , about four in the morning Peter , prowling uneasily , discovered it and brought it in and put it on my couch , wet and stiff , poor little thing ! I looked at the clock . It was a quarter after four , and except for the occasional crunch of one ice-cake hitting another in the yard , everything was quiet . And then I heard the stealthy sound of oars in the lower hall .