seven o'clock in the morning
Tired as I am after that long run through Samarkand , if I get a chance to visit him to-night I will . Dinner being over , we all begin to make ourselves comfortable for the night , with the intention of sleeping till we reach Tachkend . The distance from Samarkand to Tachkend is three hundred kilometres . The train will not get in there before seven o'clock in the morning . It will stop three times at small stations for water and fuel -- circumstances favorable to the success of my project . I add that the night is dark , the sky overcast , no moon , no stars . It threatens rain ; the wind is freshening .