Two o'clock
Little did Mrs Franklin and her daughter think , as they read together before parting for the night those comforting words , `` The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him , and delivereth them , '' that such foes and such protectors were so close at hand . But they laid them down in perfect peace , and their heavenly Father 's loving power was as a wall of fire about them . Patiently did the watchers listen from their hiding-place to every sound . Two o'clock , at last , rang out clear from the great timepiece on the stairs ; they could hear it distinctly outside . What was that sound ? Only the distant barking of a fox . But now there are other sounds .