two in the afternoon
He wore the uniform of the Mercenaries . From without , as through thick walls , came the muffled roar of bursting bombs . I was in some building that was locked in combat with some other building . A surgeon came in to dress the wounded soldier , and I learned that it was two in the afternoon . My headache was no better , and the surgeon paused from his work long enough to give me a powerful drug that would depress the heart and bring relief . I slept again , and the next I knew I was on top of the building . The immediate fighting had ceased , and I was watching the balloon attack on the fortresses .