four o'clock in the morning
`` It was he who pounded Hasbrook for swindling him . '' `` No , sir ; I think not , '' interposed Donald . `` I inquired into that matter myself . Mr. Sykes and his wife both told me , before the captain got home , that he left his house at four o'clock in the morning . '' `` I am afraid they were instructed to say that , '' said the nabob . `` They shall have a chance to say it in court under oath , '' added the officer ; `` for I will arrest the captain to-morrow for the outrage . I traced the steps of a man over to Saturday Cove , in Northport , and that is where he landed . ''