about six o'clock
Monroe , too , had slept in , and , after rising , had been busy about the hut , so that he had no further information as to the battalion 's movements . The chaplain 's hut was some distance from Headquarters and from the battalion camp . Hence it came that while Barry was writing hard at his letters throughout the remainder of the afternoon , he was quite unaware of what was taking place . Monroe , however , returned about six o'clock to say that the battalion had been `` standing to '' all afternoon , but that the general feeling was that there would be no advance until late at night . Glad of the opportunity to catch up with his correspondence , Barry paid little heed to the passing of time . His last letter was to the V. A. D. , in which he poured out the bitterness of his disappointment that he was not even now on his way to Boulogne and to her , and expressing the hope that after this `` show '' was over , he would be granted leave , upon which happy event he would with all speed proceed to her . She had been speaking of a trip to England .