three
o'clock
And the sergeant pointed out across the plain , lying like a dun-colored blanket far towards the southern horizon . `` We can get barley and water at both ? '' `` Plenty , sir . '' `` The men would rather wait here , I suppose , until two or three o'clock ? '' `` Very much , sir ; they have n't been able to rest at all to-day . I 've fed out the last of the barley , though . '' The lieutenant reflected a moment , pensively studying the legs of the trumpeter 's horse .