eleven o'clock in the morning
`` About forty-six hours , sir . '' `` Indeed ! That seems almost impossible , Mr. Hilliard . '' `` We started at eleven o'clock in the morning , sir , and rode on donkeys to Mugatta , where I had left my camels ; arrived there at eight , and started an hour later on the camels . We rode till nine o'clock the next day , halted till five , and have just arrived here . The camels were excellent beasts , and travelled a good six miles an hour . I did not press them , as I knew that , if we arrived opposite the town at night , we should have difficulty in getting across the river . ''