about two
in the morning
`` Oh , nothing to speak of , '' replied the youth , with a light laugh . `` First however , I must telegraph to the owners , '' said the captain . This duty performed , and his men comfortably housed in a neighbouring inn , Captain Millet and Jeff went off to the cottage . It was about two in the morning when they reached it . No one had yet been there . In his excited state of mind , the captain , who had no nerves , thundered at the door . If there was one thing that Miss Millet had a horror of , it was housebreakers .