two o'clock
He remembered her dressing table in placing windows and a space for a chest of drawers . In fact there was nothing the active mind of the Harvester did not busy itself with in those days that might make a woman a comfortable home . Every thought emanated from impulses evolved in his life in the woods , and each was executed with mighty tenderness . A killdeer sweeping the lake close two o'clock one morning awakened him . He had planned to close the sugar camp for the season that day , but when he heard the notes of the loved bird he wondered if that would not be a good time to stake out the foundations and begin digging . There was yet ice in the ground , but the hillside was rapidly thawing , and although the work would be easier later , so eager was the Harvester to have walls up and a roof over that he decided to commence . But when morning came and he and Belshazzar breakfasted and fed Betsy and the stock , he concluded to return to his first plan and close the camp .