nearly two o'clock in the
morning before
`` At once it became necessary that we look through our accountrements for the show . No small affair ! and for more than an hour there was brushing and polishing of straps and buckles . It was nearly two o'clock in the morning before we could turn in . `` Many of us could not sleep -- we are all between eighteen and nineteen years old , and the idea to see a woman killed agitated us . But little by little the whole band dozed . '' `` Monday morning .