midnight
So , early on the next day , a boat was secretly made ready , and Cleopatra entered it , veiled as an Egyptian lady about to make a pilgrimage to the Temple of Horemkhu . And I also entered , cloaked as a pilgrim , and with us ten of her most trusted servants disguised as sailors . But Charmion went not with us . We sailed with a fair wind from the Canopic mouth of the Nile ; and that night , pushing on with the moon , we reached Sais at midnight , and here rested for a while . At dawn we once more loosed our craft , and all that day sailed swiftly , till , at last , at the third hour from the sunset , we came in sight of the lights of that fortress which is called Babylon . Here , on the opposite bank of the river , we moored our ship safely in a bed of reeds . Then , on foot and secretly , we set out for the pyramids , which were at a distance of two leagues , Cleopatra , I and one trusted eunuch , for we left the other servants with the boat .