eight o'clock
`` Well , you did n't , because there is n't any bridge . It all went out last night , '' was the Colonel 's astounding answer . `` Be that as it may , '' said the Preacher , `` I have come here direct from Cedar Mountain . I left at eight o'clock and here I am , arrived by the road at eight forty-five ; and I crossed the Rapid Fork of the Cheyenne on the bridge . I did n't see it . I did n't see my horse from start to finish . I did n't see one inch of the road ; but I heard it and felt it .