two at night
I have been a bad ungrateful girl to you ; and do what you please with me now ! And I think Miss Barbara Grant is the best lady in the world , '' she added , `` and I do not see what she would deny you for at all events . '' This was Greek and Hebrew to me ; but I had other matters to consider , and the first of these was to get clear of that city on the Leyden road . It proved a cruel problem ; and it may have been one or two at night ere we had solved it . Once beyond the houses , there was neither moon nor stars to guide us ; only the whiteness of the way in the midst and a blackness of an alley on both hands . The walking was besides made most extraordinary difficult by a plain black frost that fell suddenly in the small hours and turned that highway into one long slide . `` Well , Catriona , '' said I , `` here we are like the king 's sons and the old wives ' daughters in your daft-like Highland tales .