about two o'clock
in the morning
`` Fortune may favor us . '' `` Provided we use our wits and strength to the utmost . '' `` That provision must always be made , Great Bear . '' Using what patience they could , they remained at the edge of the cliff , crouched there , until they judged it was about two o'clock in the morning , the night being then at its darkest . Tandakora still slept against his tree , and the fires were almost out . The red gleam from the uniform of Grosvenor could no longer be seen , but Robert had marked well the place where he sat , and he knew that the young Englishman was there , sleeping the sleep of utter exhaustion . Everything was still and peaceful .