four o'clock
Now I see it still more . To be always raiding , and plundering , and killing can not be good . It used to seem to me natural and right , but I have come to think differently . '' At four o'clock the troops marched . At Gregory 's request , he was allowed to remain behind and accompany the Egyptians . He had bought for a few shillings , from the soldiers , a dozen donkeys that had been found alive in some of the pits . These he handed over to Fatma , for her conveyance and that of the wives of some of the emirs , who were of the party .