two o'clock
And across the Landes , through the valleys , between the hills , that carriage of wretchedness and suffering rolled on and on , over-heated , pestilential , rueful , and wailing , amidst the serenity of the august night , so lovely and so mild . They had passed Riscle at one in the morning . Between the jolting , the painful , the hallucinatory silence still continued . At two o'clock , as they reached Vic-de-Bigorre , low moans were heard ; the bad state of the line , with the unbearable spreading tendency of the train 's motion , was sorely shaking the patients . It was only at Tarbes , at half-past two , that silence was at length broken , and that morning prayers were said , though black night still reigned around them . There came first the `` Pater , '' and then the `` Ave , '' the `` Credo , '' and the supplication to God to grant them the happiness of a glorious day . `` O God , vouchsafe me sufficient strength that I may avoid all that is evil , do all that is good , and suffer uncomplainingly every pain . ''