three o'clock
This had been arranged at a general meeting , held in the major 's casemate . Strict rules had been laid down that there should be no playing for money . Several of the prisoners had had only a few marks in their pockets when captured . They agreed to meet at three o'clock , in two of the casemates by turn , as one would not hold the whole number . This made a great break in their day . It would have been better if the meeting had been held in the evening ; but the regulation that , during the winter months , they were locked up at five , prevented this being adopted . So the cold weather passed not altogether unpleasantly .