two in the morning
`` They do n't know yet , '' said Harry , `` but I 'm thinking it will be the last dance for many a day . '' `` Looks like it , '' said Dalton . `` What time is it , Harry ? '' `` Past two in the morning , and here comes Colonel Talbot and Lieutenant-Colonel St. Hilaire . '' The two colonels walked out on the lawn . Military cloaks were thrown over their shoulders and all signs of merry-making were gone from their faces . They stood side by side and with military glasses were sweeping the horizon toward the river .