four o'clock in the morning
Joe 's response showed his entire self-engrossment . `` If he dies , I 'm a murderer . '' `` He 's not going to die , '' said K. stoutly . At four o'clock in the morning he left the car at the garage and walked around to the little house . He had had no sleep for forty-five hours ; his eyes were sunken in his head ; the skin over his temples looked drawn and white . His clothes were wrinkled ; the soft hat he habitually wore was white with the dust of the road . As he opened the hall door , Christine stirred in the room beyond .