five o'clock
A hot flush mounted to Loraine 's brow . `` This is a brave man , too , Eric , '' she said very quietly . Vos Engo 's response was a short , bitter laugh . Soon after five o'clock , a man in the topmost window of the tower called down that the forces in the hills were moving in a compact body toward the ridges below the southern gates . `` Give them half an hour to locate themselves , '' advised Truxton King . `` They will move rapidly and strike as soon as the shells have levelled the gates . The proper time for your sortie , Colonel , would be some time in advance of their final movement .