five o'clock
So get ready for us , Dick . '' `` It 's an understood thing now , '' said Dick sincerely . `` There go the trumpets , and they mean for us to get in line . '' A large portion of the division was already on the way , having started at five o'clock , and the little Winchester regiment was soon marching , too . The day was again hot . October , even , did not seem able to break that singular heat , and the dust was soon billowing about them in columns , stinging and burning them . The sergeant the night before had taken a short cut through the hills , but the brigades , needing wide spaces , marched along the roads and through the fields .