five in the morning
It required some time to calm our troubled looks . At last the hands were taken down . `` Faith , I should never have believed it , '' said Conseil . It was then five in the morning ; and at that moment a shock was felt at the bows of the Nautilus . I knew that its spur had struck a block of ice . It must have been a false manoeuvre , for this submarine tunnel , obstructed by blocks , was not very easy navigation . I thought that Captain Nemo , by changing his course , would either turn these obstacles or else follow the windings of the tunnel .