ten o'clock
At any rate I suggest we finish for the night and get what sleep we can . '' Abel Cumshaw raised no objection to this -- as a matter of fact he was almost falling from his mount out of sheer saddle-weariness -- so a halt was called , the horses were unsaddled , the men unrolled their blankets and settled down to slumber just as the silver ghost of the moon flooded the place with its cool white light . It was broad daylight when they awoke , and the sun was already high up in the heavens . `` Somewhere about nine or ten o'clock , '' Cumshaw guessed . `` We 've slept in , Jack . '' Bradby ruefully admitted that this was so , but excused it on the ground that they would be better fitted for the day 's work . `` I 'm hanged if I like this game , '' Cumshaw growled as they made a meagre breakfast on almost the last of their rations .