two o'clock in the morning
------------ -LSB- note 1 -RSB- Military slang for machine-gun -- Tr . Under Fire RUDELY awakened in the dark , I open my eyes : `` What ? What 's up ? '' `` Your turn on guard -- it 's two o'clock in the morning , '' says Corporal Bertrand at the opening into the hole where I am prostrate on the floor . I hear him without seeing him . `` I 'm coming , '' I growl , and shake myself , and yawn in the little sepulchral shelter . I stretch my arms , and my hands touch the soft and cold clay .