one in the morning
From nine o'clock until twelve we were in the thick of it . After midnight all was quiet again . I will not give you details of our experiences as they are not all to my present purpose . At about half-past one in the morning I found Nikitin standing in the garden , looking in front of him across the river , over which a very faint light was beginning to break ... . I touched him on the arm and he started , as though he had been very far away . `` How did Trenchard die ? '' He answered at once , very readily : `` About three o'clock the shells were close .