about one
o'clock in the morning
In the meanwhile Dave and his chums had rejoined the girls and Dr. Renwick and his wife in the parlor of the hotel , and there all made themselves as much at home as possible . There was quite a gathering of snowbound people , and a good deal of the talk was on the question of how long the blizzard might last . `` Some of the people here are going to try to get over to Pepsico , '' said one man . `` That is only a mile and a quarter from here , and they are hoping to get the train that goes through that place about one o'clock in the morning . '' `` The train may be snowbound , too , '' returned another ; `` and if it is those folks will have their hard tramp to Pepsico for nothing . '' Outside it was still snowing and blowing as furiously as ever . All the street lights were out , and so were the electric lights in the hotel , so that the hostelry had to depend on its old-time lamps for its illumination .