two o'clock
`` Maybe they do n't know that our men are at the Lick , '' said Ross , `` or if they do they do n't think we know they 've come , an ' they 're planning for an attack to-night , when they could slip up on us sleepin ' . '' The guide 's theory seemed plausible to Henry , but he said nothing . It did not become him to venture opinions before one who knew so much of the wilderness . `` It ca n't be more 'n two o'clock , '' whispered Ross , `` an ' they 'd attack about midnight . That gives us ten hours . Henry , the Lord is with us . Come . ''