two o'clock in the
morning
In fact , it seemed to him that he was to blame for a good many things . He seemed to have been committing sins in spite of himself . Broken nerves and sleepless nights often result in a morbid conscience . And what business had he to wander over this very road at two o'clock in the morning , and to see three galloping horsemen , one of them on a horse with a white left forefoot and a white nose ? What business had he watching Dr. Small as he went home from the bedside of a dying patient near daylight in the morning ? And because he felt guilty he felt cross with Mirandy , and to her remark about Hannah he only replied that `` Hannah was a smart girl . '' `` Yes , '' said Mirandy , `` Bud thinks so . ''