Four o'clock
`` Not asleep , '' said a pleasant voice . He rose to face the slight figure and gently smiling face of General Parke . `` What time is it , Penhallow ? '' `` Four o'clock , sir . '' `` I have sent back Captain Blake with a word to General Wright , but he will have too long a ride . I want you to carry this same request . By taking the short cut in front of our lines , you can get there in a third of the time .