nine o'clock
We knew it before we left Johannesburg , but your pluck in walking up to that Boer with his loaded rifle clenched the matter . '' `` Well , we shall see , '' Chris said . `` I shall do my best , but , as I said , the moment you want a change I shall be ready to resign ; and now I think that we may as well turn in . It is nine o'clock , and we must be up at daybreak . Squads number one and two will each furnish a man for the first watch , taking the first on the list alphabetically . At eleven they will be relieved by two from squads three and four ; then one and two furnish the next pair , and so on . Four watches will take us on till daybreak .