two in the afternoon
It would have seemed altogether too good to be true . '' Ralph had no difficulty in purchasing whisky , and he ordered the sergeant to serve out a tot to each man with his dinner and another half an hour later , and by seven o'clock there was scarcely one of the tired men who was not already asleep . The next morning they started at eight o'clock , having had a breakfast of potatoes before they fell in . Ralph rewarded the peasants generously for their hospitality , and the men set off in high spirits for their tramp , and reached Ballyporrit at half-past two in the afternoon . `` You gave us a nice scare yesterday , Conway , '' was Captain O'Connor 's greeting as they marched in . `` When twelve o'clock came and you did n't come back I began to think you must have lost yourselves ; and a nice time we had of it till your messenger arrived at eight . It was no use sending out to look for you on the hills .