three o'clock
He trudged away across the dewy park and was soon lost in the darkness . In the dim haze under the moon , having packed Mr. Badcock and Mr. Fett in a hand-cart , we trundled them down to the shore and lifted them aboard . They resisted not , nor stirred . By three o'clock our dispositions were made and Captain Pomery professed himself ready to cast off . I returned to the house for the last time , to awake and fetch Nat Fiennes . As I crossed the wet sward the day broke and a lark sprang from the bracken and soared above me singing . But I went hanging my head , heavy with lack of sleep .