two o’clock
He had advanced a long way in his story , when Henrica unseen became a listener . `` Yes , sir , '' he replied , in answer to a question from the burgomaster , `` we followed them , but they disappeared in the village and all remained still . To risk storming the houses , would have been madness . So we kept quiet , but towards two o'clock heard firing in the neighborhood of Leyderdorp . ` Junker von Warmond has made a sally , ' said the captain , leading us in the direction of the firing . This was what the Spaniards had wanted , for long before we reached the goal , a company of Castilians , with white sheets over their armor , climbed out of a ditch in the dim light , threw themselves on their knees , murmured a ` Pater-noster , ' shouted their San Jago and pressed forward upon us . We had seen them in time for the halberdiers to extend their pikes , and the musketeers to be down amid the grass .