two in the morning
And truly -- he would add -- how was he to know ? He fought his way against the rain and the gale on all fours , and crawled at last among some sheep huddled close under the lee of a hedge . They ran off in all directions , bleating in the darkness , and he welcomed the first familiar sound he heard on these shores . It must have been two in the morning then . And this is all we know of the manner of his landing , though he did not arrive unattended by any means . Only his grisly company did not begin to come ashore till much later in the day ... '' The doctor gathered the reins , clicked his tongue ; we trotted down the hill . Then turning , almost directly , a sharp corner into the High Street , we rattled over the stones and were home .