about two in the morning
His wading - boots were heavy , for he had twice got in over the tops thereof ; heavy was his basket that Fenwick carried behind him , but light was Logan 's heart , for the bustard had slain its dozens of good trout . He and the keeper emerged from the wood on the level of the lawn . All the great mass of the house lay dark before them . Logan was to let himself in by the locked French window ; for it was very late -- about two in the morning . He had the key of the window-door in his pocket . A light moved through the long gallery : he saw it pass each window and vanish . There was dead silence : not a leaf stirred .