three in the morning
His recollection of the track was that there were few smooth and many bad . He would be lucky , then , if he reached Sarras anywhere from twelve to one . Then the messages took a good two hours to go through , for they had to be transcribed at Cairo . At the best he could only hope to have told his story in Fleet Street at two or three in the morning . It was possible that he might manage it , but the chances seemed enormously against him . About three the morning edition would be made up , and his chance gone for ever . The one thing clear was that only the first man at the wires would have any chance at all , and Anerley meant to be first if hard riding could do it .