two o'clock in the morning
`` But I thought , '' said I , as I forced myself to think , `` that everybody went up to the _ Cabane _ overnight , and started fresh from there in the morning ? '' `` Most people do , but it 's as broad as it 's long , '' declared Bob , airily , rapidly , and with the same unwonted excitement , born as I thought of his unwonted enterprise . `` You have a ripping moonlight walk instead of a so-called night 's rest in a frowsy hut . We shall get our breakfast there instead , and I expect to start fresher than if I had slept there and been knocked up at two o'clock in the morning . That 's all settled , anyhow , and you can look for me on top through the telescope after breakfast . I shall be back before dark , and then -- '' `` Well , what then ? '' I asked , for Bob had made a significant and yet irresolute pause , as though he could not quite bring himself to tell me something that was on his mind .