seven o'clock
`` No , Thaddeus , '' said he ; `` you forget the effect which this solicitude about so trifling a matter might have on the men . Remember that he who goes into battle only puts his own life to the hazard , but he that abandons the field , sports with the lives of his soldiers . Do not give them leave to suppose that even your dearest interest could tempt you from the front of danger when it is your duty to remain there . '' Thaddeus obeyed his grandfather in respectful silence ; at seven o'clock the army resumed its march . Near Zielime the prince was saluted by a reinforcement . It appeared very seasonably , for scouts had brought information that directly across the plain a formidable division of the Russian army , under General Brinicki , was drawn up in order of battle , to dispute his progress . Thaddeus , for the first time , shuddered at the sight of the enemy , Should his friends be defeated , what might be the fate of his grandfather , now rendered helpless by many wounds !