eleven o'clock
The other pistols were carried loaded inside their jackets , for there was no saying whom they might meet upon the road . They had put on the oldest suit of clothes they possessed , so as to attract as little attention as possible by the way . After they had once recovered from their parting with Rhoda their spirits rose , and they tramped along lightly and cheerfully . It was eleven o'clock when they started , and through the night they did not meet a single person . Towards morning they got under a haystack near the road , and slept for some hours ; then they walked steadily on until they had done twenty miles since their start . They went into a small inn , and had some breakfast , and then purchasing some bread and cold ham , went on through the town , and leaving the London road , followed that leading to Portsmouth , and after a mile or two again took up their quarters until evening , in a haystack . It is not necessary to give the details of the journey to Portsmouth .