about five o'clock in the morning
`` You were returning to Brunford on the night of the murder , and had to pass near Howden Clough ? '' `` Ay ; I wur . '' `` What time did you pass near Howden Clough ? '' `` It must have been about five o'clock in the morning . But I 'm noan sure , and it wur dark . '' `` What were you doing there ? '' `` I had been to see my lad , who lives over Rakes Royd .