two o'clock
in the morning
When they had passed the battery of artillery , they abandoned the fields , through which they could make but slow progress , for the road . They had three miles farther to go , and it was now nearly sunrise . `` I think we must have lost two or three hours , '' said Somers as they hastened on their way . `` I had no idea that it was more than two o'clock in the morning when we turned about . '' `` Nor I , '' replied De Banyan . `` We must have spent two or three hours in crawling on the ground about that battery . '' `` I do n't see where the time is all gone . ''