about one o'clock
The boat is ready , our friends are waiting for us , camels are prepared for you on the caravan track by the river-bank to Abu Hamed . But your escape is known , and the roads and the ferries are closely watched . Before sunrise we must have struck inland from the eastern bank of the Nile . '' They crossed the river cautiously about one o'clock of the morning , and sank the boat upon the far side of the stream . The camels were waiting for them , and they travelled inland and more slowly than suited the anxiety of the fugitives . For the ground was thickly covered with boulders , and the camels could seldom proceed at any pace faster than a walk . And all through the next day they lay hidden again within a ring of stones while the camels were removed to some high ground where they could graze .