two o'clock in the morning
`` Therefore , if you have any knowledge likely to assist us at the inquest it is your duty to explain . '' `` Well , sir , '' he answered , after a short pause , `` to tell the truth , in this last week there have been some funny rumours in the village . '' `` About what ? '' `` People say that she was watched by Drake , Lord Nassington 's gamekeeper , who saw her at two o'clock in the morning walking arm-in-arm with an old gentleman . I heard the rumour down at the Golden Ball , but I would n't believe it . Why , Mr. Courtenay 's only been dead a month or two . The man Drake is a bragging fellow , and I think most people discredit his statement . ''