two o'clock
`` As I expected , the negroes lost heart as soon as they came near , and the threat of a round of grape from the guns finally settled them . They are off for home , and we shall hear no more of them . Now you had best be off to bed at once . You have had a terrible day of it , and it is just two o'clock . `` Ah ! that is right , '' he broke off , as the steward entered carrying a tray with tea things . `` I had forgotten all about that necessity .