five o'clock
All our preparations being thus complete , ` old Hankey Pankey ' arranged for us to break camp at four o'clock the next morning , and move off to where the Somalis and their allies were said by the natives to be intrenched in strong force , so as to take them in the rear while the admiral made a front attack . No bugle , though , sounded to rouse us when day broke in the African forest and the rosy light of dawn came peeping through the trees , brightening the green sheen of their leaves and making the dewdrops glisten on the clover , the scene reminding me more of home than anything I had seen since I left Spithead . But , neither I nor any one else had much time for such reflections that morning as we silently paraded before ` old Hankey Pankey ' and the other officers ; and , after a careful inspection of our arms , we started in a bee-line for Arabuku , the men massed four deep , with the guns in the centre of our column and flanking parties on the right and left , ` old Hankey Pankey , ' of course , let him alone for that , leading the van . At five o'clock , just as the old sun appeared in full splendour above the tops of the hills on our left , a halt was ordered by the captain , the word being passed quietly along the ranks from front to rear . I was on the right flank , close to ` old Hankey Pankey ' as he brought us up in this sudden fashion , so I heard every word he said to Mr Gresham , who marched by his side ; though , for that matter , I almost guessed what was coming , from the captain wheeling round abruptly and stopping the sort of half trot at which he had been going along , the poor gentleman never having quite recovered the use of his legs after the matchlock ball had ventilated them . `` I think this was about the spot , Gresham , eh ? '' said he to the first lieutenant .