eight o'clock in the morning
We shall start at daybreak tomorrow . It will take us two hours to reach the spot from which Dias said we could see the place , and another three hours to get to the castle . That will give us a long afternoon to take our first look over it . '' `` There , señor , '' Dias said , when at eight o'clock in the morning they stopped on a projecting spur of the hill , `` that is the castle ! '' From where they stood they could see that the ground fell away into what was at first a mere depression , but gradually deepened into a valley half a mile wide . Still farther down the sides became more precipitous , and in the distance the valley was closed in by rock walls , and appeared to come to an end . That it did not do so was evident from a streak of bright green in the centre of the valley , showing that a small stream must run down it .