two o'clock
A wide grin illuminated his features . `` That 's nerve for you , eh ? The old man 's pretty foxy . He 's going to start us moving so that we 'll begin crossing the State line on the stroke of twelve , and he 'll fling a brigade into Hardport before two o'clock . '' Durland whistled . `` That 's fine , if it works , '' he remarked to Dick Crawford , later . `` But Hardport practically is the key to the railroad situation , and it is n't conceivable that the Blues will leave it unguarded .