two o'clock
Even party people had gone home long ago , and heard the watchman sing out , `` Twelve o'clock and all is well ! '' Only the stars were keeping watch , and the winds made now and then a rustle . Someone rode into the town tired and exhausted , but joyful , and with joyful news . The German watchman , who caught it first , went on his rounds with , `` Past two o'clock and Lord Cornwallis is taken . '' He came down Arch Street . Madam Wetherill had been rather wakeful . What was it ?