nearly two o’clock
`` witness , When the dark-stoled priestly crew , Came swift trooping where the trumpet Of foul Santa Anna blew . '' * * * * * `` Rouse thee , Wrath , and be a giant ; People 's Will , that hath been pliant , Long , too long ; Up , and snap the rusty chaining , Brittle bond for thy restraining , Know the hour , the weak are reigning Thou art strong . * * * * * `` Rise and right the wrongs of ages ; Balance Time 's unequal pages With the sword . '' It was nearly two o'clock when Don Luis mounted his horse and left the Worth residencia . The storm still raged , the night was dark , the cold intense , but the home of Lopez Navarro was scarce a quarter of a mile away ; and he found him waiting his return . `` You have still an hour , Luis . Come in and sit with me . ''