midnight
Eleven o'clock came , and we gave it up . Not a sign of the marauder could we find . Potts was still absent from the bivouac when we got back , but Blake determined to make no further effort to find him . Long before midnight we were all soundly sleeping , and the next thing I knew my orderly was shaking me by the arm and announcing breakfast . Reveille was just being sounded up at the garrison . The sun had not yet climbed high enough to peep over the Matitzal , but it was broad daylight . In ten minutes Carroll and I were enjoying our coffee and _ frijoles _ ; Blake had ridden up into the garrison .