five o'clock in the morning
I passed a terrible night . I was called early the next day to learn that the resolution of my uncle was unchanged and irrevocable . I also found my cousin and affianced wife as warm on the subject as was her father . Next day , at five o'clock in the morning , the post chaise was at the door . Gretchen and the old cook received the keys of the house ; and , scarcely pausing to wish anyone good-by , we started on our adventurous journey into the centre of the earth . First Lessons in Climbing At Altona , a suburb of Hamburg , is the Chief Station of the Kiel railway , which was to take us to the shores of the Belt . In twenty minutes from the moment of our departure we were in Holstein , and our carriage entered the station .