"It was quite a task for the governor and myself to get up at this early hour to receive you, but the occasion is well worth the effort," observed Mr. Young, smiling.  "Here we usually sleep very late, often as late as nine o'clock.  Even the Singhalese and Burghers are not yet generally up from their beds, though those who work at the wharves have appeared.  If you had arrived a few hours later there would be thousands of the population here to see you."