two in the morning
I believe we 're standing in the Carey family 's graveyard . '' `` I thought you were brave , '' said the girl . `` I am , '' returned the young man , `` very brave . But if you had the most wonderful girl on earth to take care of in the grounds of a madhouse at two in the morning , you 'd be scared too . '' He was abruptly surprised by Miss Forbes laying her hand firmly upon his shoulder , and turning him in the direction of the house . Her face was so near his that he felt the uneven fluttering of her breath upon his cheek . `` There is a man , '' she said , `` standing behind that tree . ''