two o'clock in the morning
Deck had bound a silk handkerchief around his neck , which felt stiff where the bullet had scratched it . Artie had been hurt , too , but the wound was of small consequence . The Unionists received even greater care than the guerillas . It was exactly two o'clock in the morning when Deck came into the mansion thoroughly worn out by what he had passed through . Mrs. Lyon had ordered Diana -LRB- not Dinah , if you please -RRB- to prepare the best meal Riverlawn could afford , and while the family and the other whites sat down in the dining room , the negroes made themselves comfortable in the spacious kitchen . In the meantime the prisoners at the fort were kept under close guard and a messenger was despatched to notify the county authorities of what had taken place . The mansion had been turned topsy-turvy , and a few articles of bric-à-brac had been smashed , but otherwise the loss did not seem to be of much consequence outside of the fact that two dozen silver spoons and a gold butter dish were missing , also some wine and whiskey put down in the cellar by Duncan Lyon and which the family of Noah had never touched .