about two o'clock
It will be ready in no time . Hitch on to that new , light cutter in the shed , Sam , '' said he to the hostler . `` Ya , ya , '' said Sam ; and in five minutes the priest and his guide were again proceeding on their charitable mission . They reached their destination about two o'clock in the night , just one hour before the death of her on whose account they had come such a journey . Father O'Shane -- poor old gentleman ! -- suffered terribly ; had his ears frostbitten , and two of his fingers frozen . But no matter ; a soul was to be saved , and that consideration alleviated all his sufferings , and rendered him dead to every thing -- cold , pain , watchings , hunger , thirst , and weariness ; nay , even death itself was but a trivial , inadequate price to be paid by a mortal man to gain an immortal soul to Christ and eternal happiness . ''