two
o'clock
Captain Walladmor had dressed himself on the day of his trial in a hussar uniform of the patriot army in which he bore his last commission : this he still retained ; and it was not so unlike the dragoon uniform of Tom , but that under a dim light it might well deceive the eye of a sleepy man , if any should chance to be awake . Not to rely too much on that however , Tom had wrapped himself up in his dark military cloak which he now flung over Captain Walladmor . This served also to conceal his face , as well as the sword and brace of pistols with which Tom now presented him . These arrangements made , Tom conjured him to lose no time -- as there was some suspicion that the sheriff might make a circuit before two o'clock . But Edward Walladmor had yet one question to put ; Where was Miss Walladmor ? The countenance of Tom showed that he anticipated this question . But he had been instructed if possible to evade it .