two o'clock in the morning
Our leave would have been stopped if we had gone on board , '' laughed Scott , who generally took the most cheerful view of any disagreeable subject . `` Why ca n't we go on our own hook ? '' `` I like that idea , '' added Laybold . But inquiring of the agent , they learned that the canal steamers left only at two o'clock in the morning . `` There 's a railroad , or the fellows could n't come back that way , '' suggested Laybold . `` That 's so ; you have more wisdom than a Duxbury clam . '' They ascertained that a train left Gottenburg at noon , by which they could reach Wenersberg the same day .