about four in
the morning
There were many such robes made during the reign of Mary -- types of those fairer white robes which would be `` given to every one of them , '' when they should have crossed the dark valley , and come out into the light of the glory of God . Only Agnes Bongeor and Helen Ewring had something else to part with . With Agnes in her prison was a little baby only a few weeks old , and she must bid it good-bye , and commit it to the care of some friend . Helen Ewring had to say farewell to her husband , who came to see her about four in the morning ; and to the surprise of Elizabeth Foulkes , she found herself summoned also to an interview with her widowed mother and her uncle Holt . `` Why , Mother ! '' exclaimed Elizabeth in astonishment , `` I never knew you were any where nigh . '' `` Didst thou think , my lass , that aught 'd keep thy mother away from thee when she knew ?