seven o'clock in the morning
asked Walter . `` Yes , a large number ; also two of their vessels were sunk . '' `` And did they go on firing at the fort ? '' `` They did , until seven o'clock in the morning of the 14th , then ceased entirely . '' `` Oh , papa , you have not told us of the writing of the ` Star-Spangled Banner ' ! '' exclaimed Lulu . `` Was n't it that night it was written ? ''