four o'clock in the
morning
The accident had happened ten miles down the line . Hugh got into the dog-cart and drove to the scene of the disaster . Mrs Mavor spent the night in Daphne 's room . I awaited Hugh , sitting alone by the drawing-room fire , when he returned at four o'clock in the morning of what was to have been his sister 's wedding-day . He came in , carrying a florist 's tin box in his hand , and I read the news in his face before he spoke . `` Only three killed . He was one .