three o'clock
`` Leave the carcass until morning , '' said Captain Blossom . `` We must get some more sleep if we want to go to work to-morrow . '' `` To-day , you mean , '' said Tom , looking at his watch . `` It is already three o'clock . '' A camp-fire was lit and then all but Jerry retired , it being agreed that the old sailor was to turn in once more when the others arose for breakfast . All but Dick slept soundly , but even the eldest Rover was benefited by the additional rest . The first work in the morning was to skin the wild beast .