twelve o'clock
Two of the troopers were sent off to buy provisions in a village , half a mile away . Two were placed on watch . Some of the others lay down for another sleep , while Pierre redressed the wounds that five of the men had received in the fight . At twelve o'clock one of the lookouts reported that he could see , away out on the plain , a body of horsemen . Philip at once went to examine them for himself . `` There must be some two hundred of them , I should say , by the size of the clump , '' he remarked to the soldier . `` About that , I should say , sir . ''