about a quarter past four in the morning
What should I call her ? '' returned Mrs. Nichols . `` Why , I thought her name was ` Lena Nichols ; ma said 't was , '' answered Anna . Mrs. Nichols was very sensitive to any slight cast upon ` Lena 's birth , and she rather tartly informed Anna , that `` her mother did n't know everything , '' adding that '' ` Lena 's father was Mr. Rivers , and there was n't half so much reason why she should be called Nichols as there was why Anna should , for that was her father 's name , the one by which he was baptized , the same day with Nancy Scovandyke , who 's jest his age , only he was born about a quarter past four in the morning , and she not till some time in the afternoon ! '' `` But where is Mr. Rivers ? '' asked Anna more interested in him than in the exact minute of her father 's birth . `` The Lord only knows , '' returned Mrs. Nichols .