two o'clock
It was the volume on which the old Squire had been engaged when he read the last sermon which was to prepare him for a flight to a better world . He opened the book , and there between the leaves was the last will and testament which his uncle had executed . At that moment he heard a step in the hall and a hand on the door , and as he did so with quick eager motion he hid the document under the book . `` It is near two o'clock , Mr Henry , '' said the butler . `` What are you doing up so late ? '' `` I am only reading , '' said the heir . `` It is very late to be reading .