two o'clock
They spill their blood on the scaling ladders when the town gate is open . ' `` Again I cried ` Fidèle ! ' '' ` But , yes , ' she said , ` it needs a woman to see . It is but two o'clock . Let us ascend the glacier , like a staircase ; and presently we shall stand upon the summit of the mountain . Those last little peaks above the ice can be of no importance . ' `` I was touched , astounded by the sublimity of her idea .