five o'clock
`` That is important information -- if true -- helloa ! it is growing light off there in the east ! '' `` Yes , -- day is breaking , '' added Vose . The captain looked at his watch and found the time considerably past five o'clock . They had been longer on the road than any one supposed , and the coming of morning was a vast relief to all . The party were now grouped together , for the trail was broad and safe . Parson Brush asked , as he pointed almost directly ahead : `` Is n't that a light off yonder ? ''