about
eleven o'clock
Then he set the horses off again in a hand gallop and rode steadily down the road . Every hour or so he changed from horse to horse , thus giving them a comparative rest by turns . Occasionally he allowed them to walk for a bit to get their wind , and then again rode on at a gallop . It was about eleven o'clock when he started on his ride . By four in the morning he was at the spot where the party had separated from the column , having thus made forty miles . After that he went more slowly ; but it was a little past nine when , with his two exhausted horses , he rode into the camp at Lucknow , where his appearance created quite an excitement . Dick 's story was briefly told ; and the two horses , which were both splendid animals , were taken off to be fed and rubbed down ; while Dick , accompanied by the colonel of the cavalry regiment where he had halted , went at once to the camp of the commander-in-chief .