two in the morning
Here I deployed to the right again , and presently entered an inviting stretch of meadowland which was unoccupied save by a couple of deserted huts toward the furthest extremity . These meadows offered an excellent camping-place . We pitched our tents , supped , established a proper grade , recorded the events of the day , and then went to bed . We rose at two in the morning and dressed by candle-light . It was a dismal and chilly business . A few stars were shining , but the general heavens were overcast , and the great shaft of the Matterhorn was draped in a cable pall of clouds . The chief guide advised a delay ; he said he feared it was going to rain .