about two o'clock in
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Besides , I was fifty years old when I entered the stream , and I 've returned to twenty . '' `` That just about describes me , too , but the colonel is whistling for us to come . Rush your jacket on and jump for your horse . '' They had stayed about a half-hour at the creek , and about two o'clock in the morning Powell and May led them through a dense wood to the edge of a high hill . `` There 's Frankfort below you , '' said May in a voice that trembled . The night was brilliant , almost like day , and they saw the little city clustered along the banks of the Kentucky which flowed , a dark ribbon of blue . Their powerful glasses brought out everything distinctly .