twenty minutes past three
Hamilton stopped for breath . He spoke as if he were reciting a lesson , with no stops between the sentences . ` I jaloused , sirr , that he wadna last oot the day , and Amos here was of the same opinion . The end came at twenty minutes past three -- I ken the time , for I had just compared my watch with Amos . Ye 'll mind that the Gairmans were beginning a big attack . We were in the front trench of what they ca ' the battle-zone , and Amos and me was keepin ' oor eyes on the enemy , who could be obsairved dribblin ' ower the open . Just then the prisoner catches sight of the enemy and jumps up on the top .