midnight
One after another the three fugitives finally slipped into the water . Heraklas bore up Timokles , who swam but weakly . The third Christian was feeble , but he made headway , and in slow fashion they came at length to the docks of Alexandria . By this time it was long past midnight . That Timokles or the third Christian , whose name was Philo , should enter the city was not to be thought of , since they would be recognized and retaken . After consultation it was agreed that Timokles and Philo should proceed along the edge of the sea in an easterly direction and hide themselves at a point agreed upon , on the coast , a distance from the city . Heraklas was to enter into Alexandria at the earliest dawn and was , if possible , to send a message to his mother .