How does bierce develop the theme "time can be subjective"?

Bierce uses the images of a watch, the rising and setting sun, and the swiftly or sluggishly flowing stream during the escape.

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they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.