about three o'clock
You know , master , what awaited us next morning . I had been marching , on the day of our arrival , for twelve hours , under a very hot sun , and was fatigued enough to sleep soundly . But the dead might have awakened next morning . The enemy broke in upon us about three o'clock . It was pitch dark . I had been dreaming , at the moment , that I was busily engaged in the landing , fighting in the front rank beside Bill , and I awoke to hear the enemy , outside the tent , struggling in fierce conflict with such of my comrades as , half-naked and half-armed , had been roused by the first alarm , and had rushed out to oppose them . You will not think I was long in joining them , master , when I tell you that Bill himself was hardly two steps a-head of me .