about four o'clock
`` I fix up dat fire fo ' times during de night , but you was sleepin ' so soundly that I could n't b ` ar to waken you up . Has you got plenty ? '' `` Plenty , thank you . It 's about four o'clock , is n't it ? '' The negro pulled himself entirely out of bed , put on his shoes , and went out and looked about him . After looking in vain for several stars which he ought to have found , but could not , he announced that his guest had struck the hour pretty closely . `` Well , then , while you are cooking your own breakfast , could n't you put on a little mess for me ?