about two o'clock
Who wants to know ? '' `` Mrs. Martindale has sent to inquire . The girl says he did n't come home last night . '' `` Tell her that he left our house about two o'clock , '' I replied ; and shutting the chamber door , staggered back to the bed and fell across it , all my strength gone for the moment . `` Send her word to inquire at one of the police stations , '' said my husband , bitterly . I did not answer , but lay in a half stupor , under the influence of benumbing mental pain . After a while I arose , and , looking out , saw everything clothed in a white mantle , and the snow falling in large flakes , heavily but silently , through the still air .