two o'clock
He chose to occupy the most remote of all , which Carmen furnished for him with a cool moss bed and some necessary furniture , -- including a big wooden rocking-chair . It seemed to him very comfortable thus . He took his meals with the family , spent most of the day in his own quarters , spoke very little , and lived so unobtrusively and inconspicuously that his presence in the settlement was felt scarcely more than that of some dumb creature , -- some domestic animal , -- some humble pet whose relation to the family is only fully comprehended after it has failed to appear for several days in its accustomed place of patient waiting , -- and we know that it is dead . Persistently and furiously , at half-past two o'clock of an August morning , Sparicio rang Dr. La Brierre 's night-bell . He had fifty dollars in his pocket , and a letter to deliver . He was to earn another fifty dollars -- deposited in Feliu 's hands , -- by bringing the Doctor to Viosca 's Point . He had risked his life for that money , -- and was terribly in earnest .