seven o'clock in the morning
`` Baku ! Baku ! '' The word repeated as the train stopped awoke me . It was seven o'clock in the morning . The boat did not start until three o'clock in the afternoon . Those of my companions who intended to cross the Caspian hurried off to the harbor ; it being necessary to engage a cabin , or to mark one 's place in the steamer 's saloon . Ephrinell precipitately left me with these words : `` I have not an instant to lose .