one o'clock
Long tree shadows spread themselves everywhere , to be at last dissolved into the general darkness . Still the boy sat by the fire , asleep , or feigning sleep . Not feeling quite at ease with such a stranger in their camp , the girls decided to maintain a watch that night . Marian agreed to stand the first watch until one o'clock , Lucile to finish the night . In the morning they would take their small gasoline launch , which was at this moment hidden around the bend in a small creek , and would carry the boy to the emigration office at Fort Townsend . They had worked and played hard that day . When Lucile was wakened at one o'clock in the morning , she found herself unspeakably drowsy .