one in the morning
` Hundreds and thousands , ' I says , just like _ so _ . She 'd a-put the question in idleness , an ' in idleness I answered it . Will you believe it ? -- between twelve and one in the morning I woke up with my head full o ' figgers . Not another wink o ' sleep could I get , neither . Soon as ever I shook up the bolster an ' settled down for another try , I see 'd myself whiskin ' back and forth over this here piece o ' water like a piston-rod in a steamship , and off I started countin ' for dear life . Count ?