one in the morning
`` Do n't get poetical , '' said Clowes . `` Stick to the point . '' `` We got into the boat-house -- '' `` How ? '' asked the practical Trevor , for the boat-house was wont to be locked at one in the morning . `` Moriarty had a key that fitted , '' explained O'Hara , briefly . `` We got in , and launched a boat -- a big tub -- put in the tar and a couple of brushes -- there 's always tar in the boat-house -- and rowed across . '' `` Wait a bit , '' interrupted Trevor , `` you said tar and feathers .