three o'clock in the morning
she exclaimed . `` Of course trouble would n't do anything but make them come closer round you . Poor people live so near to misfortune all the time -- I mean poor people like Jim , Osterhaut , and Jowett -- that changes of fortune are just natural things to them . As for my father , he has had to stretch out his hands so often to those in trouble -- '' `` That he carried me home on his shoulders from the bridge six weeks and three days ago , at three o'clock in the morning , '' interjected Ingolby with a quizzical smile . `` Why did you omit Madame Bulteel and myself when you mentioned those who showed their -- friendship ? '' she asked , hesitating at the last word . `` Have n't we done our part ? ''