about three o'clock in
the morning
Well , now , '' said Miss Roxy , sinking her voice , `` this ` ere was remarkable . Mis ' Titcomb was one of the fearful sort , tho ' one of the best women that ever lived . Our minister used to call her ` Mis ' Muchafraid ' -- you know , in the ` Pilgrim 's Progress ' -- but he was satisfied with her evidences , and told her so ; she used to say she was ` afraid of the dark valley , ' and she told our minister so when he went out , that ar last day he called ; and his last words , as he stood with his hand on the knob of the door , was ` Mis ' Titcomb , the Lord will find ways to bring you thro ' the dark valley . ' Well , she sunk away about three o'clock in the morning . I remember the time , 'cause the Cap'n 's chronometer watch that he left with her lay on the stand for her to take her drops by . I heard her kind o ' restless , and I went up , and I saw she was struck with death , and she looked sort o ' anxious and distressed . '' ` Oh , Aunt Roxy , ' says she , ` it 's so dark , who will go with me ? '