four o'clock
Cora 's eyes grew wide . `` Prayin ' ! '' she repeated in an awed whisper . `` But , mother , what 'd you want to go out in the hall for , to pray on the _ stairs _ , at four o'clock in the mornin ' ? '' `` Prayin ' is a godly ack . Wheresomedever , an ' _ when _ somedever you do it . '' `` But , mother , I do n't _ believe _ you were prayin ' .