two o’clock in the morning
` No , I do n't , ' retorted Martha , indignantly ; ` you 'll be telling me I do n't know the time next . ' ` Did he go out again ? ` No , he went to bed . ' This quite upset Slivers ' idea -- as if Vandeloup had gone to bed at twelve , he certainly could not have murdered Villiers nearly a mile away at two o'clock in the morning . Slivers was puzzled , and then the light broke on him -- perhaps it was the dumb man . ` Did the other stay here all night also ? ' Miss Twexby nodded .