five o'clock
they repeated , swallowing the words as if they had the taste of a stimulant . But Dellarme knew that it would not take much to precipitate a break . He himself felt that he had been on that knoll half a lifetime . He looked at his watch and it was five o'clock . For seven hours they had held on . The Grays ' trench was complete the breadth of the slope ; more reserves were coming up . The brigade commander of the Grays was going to make sure that the next charge succeeded .