two o'clock
`` At any rate , the enemy will need a day 's rest before they pursue . They must have suffered quite as heavily as we have . '' The night , however , was not to pass quietly . At two o'clock two officers , who had remained as piquets , rode into the town with news that Westermann 's division , which had marched through Moulet and had taken no part in the action , was approaching . The horn sounded the alarm , and the fugitives started up and renewed their flight . Marthe could not be left behind now , nor did the others desire it ; and until they had crossed the Loire there could be no separation , for the whole country would swarm , in forty-eight hours , with parties of the enemy , hunting down and slaying those who had taken refuge in the woods . Jean and Leigh had lain down in the cart , to prevent any of the fugitives seizing it .