four o'clock in the morning
If the vouchers are stolen , he is in fault , for he is responsible for the archives ; if he can not produce the vouchers , then all the country is down on him for stealing . I only hope , '' said poor Mrs. Molyneux , `` that they wo n't say our poor old wagon is a coach and six ; '' and this time she tried to smile . And now she had told her story . All last night , while the children were asleep , Mr. Molyneux had been at the office , even till four o'clock in the morning , taking old dusty piles from their lairs and searching for those wretched vouchers . And mamma had been waiting -- shall one not say , had been weeping ? -- here at home . That was the reason poor papa had looked so haggard at breakfast this morning .