early morning, about three o'clock
Then he shaped with his mouth to use that and not the stairs , for the stairs were creaky . So I put the noose at the end over my bed-post and held on tight , and slid down , without a bit of noise , to the ground , where Henry caught me . I came down so fast it hurt my hands , but Henry washed them with water , at the well , and tied them up , all without speaking , and we went softly out of the yard , not toward the towpath , but up the long road over the hills . It was very early morning , about three o'clock , and everything looked lovely . -LSB- Illustration : Slid down without a bit of noise -RSB- When we got far away from the house , I asked Henry if he was n't hungry , and he shook his head , no , but gave me a Uneeda biscuit out of a box , and I ate three or four , and all the time he was walking on in the nice soft light , without saying anything . Presently we got to the top of a hill , and Henry stood still , and so did I . There was the sun coming up and making all sorts of lovely colors on the sky .