two o'clock
`` And where does it go to ? '' I supplemented . `` I reckon some of those plains people could tell you , '' surmised Yank shrewdly . At two o'clock the downpour ceased as abruptly as though it had been turned off at a spigot . Inside of twenty minutes the clouds had broken , to show beyond them a dazzling blue sky . Intermittent flashes and bands of sunlight glittered on the wet trees and bushes or threw into relief the black bands of storm clouds near the horizon . Immensely cheered , we threw aside our soggy blankets and sallied forth .