five o’clock in the
morning
They interlaced like the strands of a hammock , choking and strangling and clinging to each other in a great web . From the jungle we came to ill-smelling pools of mud and water , over which hung a white mist which rose as high as our heads . It was so heavy with moisture that our clothing dripped with it , and we were chilled until our teeth chattered . But by five o'clock in the morning we had escaped the coast swamps , and reached higher ground and the village of Sagua la Grande , and the sun was drying our clothes and taking the stiffness out of our bones . CANAL COMPANY 'S FEVER HOSPITAL , PANAMA The nurse brought me my diary this morning . She found it in the inside pocket of my tunic . All of its back pages were scribbled over with orders of the day , countersigns , and the memoranda I made after Laguerre appointed me adjutant to the Legion .