three o'clock in the morning
`` I could not very well go until the afternoon , '' Bob said . `` If you do not go until the afternoon , senor , it would be as well not to start until evening . The wind is very light , and we should have to row . If you start in the afternoon , we should get to Malaga at two or three o'clock in the morning , when everyone was asleep ; but if you were to start in the evening , we should be in in reasonable time , just as the people were coming into the markets . That would suit us for the sale of our fish , and the man with his fruit . The nights are warm and , with a cloak and an old sail to keep off the night dew , the voyage would be more pleasant than in the heat of the day . '' `` That would do for me , very well , '' Bob said .