two o'clock in the morning
Then , turning to the others , he said gently : `` Go away for a little while . I 'll have a talk with Andrew about little Rose . '' They went away with Andrew 's curses following them along the windy passage . Marcella waited in sympathy with the little man 's arms , but after a while a murmur of normal conversation came from the room and went on until two o'clock in the morning . At last the little old cousin came to where Marcella and Aunt Janet shivered in the kitchen , and said simply : `` Andrew has cast his burden on the Lord , and now he can go on his way singing . '' Marcella began to cry from sheer nervousness . She had not the faintest idea what the cousin meant , but she was to know it as time went by .