about one o'clock in the morning
`` Indeed we will , '' said the professor . `` We will try all the means at our command . If they all fail -- '' He dared not finish the sentence , but they all knew what he meant . It was now about one o'clock in the morning . The ship had become stationary after the uneasy motion caused by the oscillation of the big berg . `` We may as well turn in and get a little sleep , '' remarked Mr. Henderson . `` We can all work better if we get some rest . ''