two o'clock in the morning
He made noise enough to wake his mother ; but Lawry and Ethan were not disturbed . The wretch had accomplished his work . He was satisfied , as he laid his boozy head upon the pillow , that the _ Woodville _ was even then at the bottom of the lake , with a hundred feet of water rolling over her . It was two o'clock in the morning ; but the vile tipple he had drank , and the deed he had done , so excited him that he could not sleep . He tossed on his bed till the day dawned , and the blessed light streamed in at the window of the attic . `` Four o'clock ! '' shouted Lawry , as the timepiece in the kitchen struck the hour .