ten o'clock before
Dr. Cameron left with a heavy heart . He had grown a great hope in this long-wished-for appeal to Stoneman . It had come to his ears that the old man , who had dwelt as one dead in their village , was a power . It was ten o'clock before the doctor walked slowly back to the hotel . As he passed the armoury of the black militia , they were still drilling under the command of Gus . The windows were open , through which came the steady tramp of heavy feet and the cry of `` Hep ! Hep !