morning about two o'clock
I never _ know _ a tree , '' he bowed here slightly towards the lady as though to apologize for something he felt she would not quite understand or like , `` until I 've seen it in the night . Your cedar , for instance , '' looking towards her husband again so that Mrs. Bittacy caught the gleaming of his turned eyes , `` I failed with badly at first , because I did it in the morning . You shall see to-morrow what I mean -- that first sketch is upstairs in my portfolio ; it 's quite another tree to the one you bought . That view '' -- he leaned forward , lowering his voice -- `` I caught one morning about two o'clock in very faint moonlight and the stars . I saw the naked being of the thing -- '' `` You mean that you went out , Mr. Sanderson , at that hour ? '' the old lady asked with astonishment and mild rebuke . She did not care particularly for his choice of adjectives either .