four o'clock
But Dick awoke at half-past four on the morning of the fateful seventeenth . By five o'clock he knew that he was n't going to sleep any more . So he got up and dressed . Dave Darrin was in his bath , that same morning , before four o'clock . Then he , too , dressed , and wondered whether every other fellow who was going into the contest to-day felt as restless . The mothers of both boys were astir almost as early . Mothers ca n't take these examinations , but mothers know what a son 's suspense means .