four o'clock in the morning
Then he turned in my direction with his hand on the handle , and it seemed to me that he hesitated a moment . Finally he shut the door firmly , and -- I distinctly heard the key turned in the lock . I went downstairs again . * * * * * It was four o'clock in the morning . The last guest had gone , the domestics had retired to their subterranean retreat , and the musicians had all been booked through to Saffron Hill in one cab . The dawn was just breaking over the house-tops on the other side of the square , and the sky was bathed in a curious heather-coloured light -- a sure sign of a wet day to come , said hill-bred Robin . We stood out on the steps , -- Kitty , Dolly , Robin , and I , -- and Kitty put her arm round her sister 's waist .