Two in the morning
`` And now , '' -- the doctor turned to Dan ` l -- `` leave him to me , step outside and bring word as soon as you hear or glimpse a boat in the offing . At what time , Mr. Geen , are the carriers coming for the tubs out yonder ? Answer me : and if I find after that you 've answered me false , I 'll blow your brains out . '' `` Two in the morning , '' answered Phoby . `` And Tummels will be here in an hour , '' sighed the doctor , relieved in his mind on the one point he had been forced to leave to chance . `` Step along , Dan ` l ; and do n't you strain yourself in your weak state by handling the tubs : Tummels can manage them single-handed . You see , Mr. Geen , plovers do n't shed their feathers hereabouts in the summer months ; and a feather floating on a tideway does n't , as a rule , keep moored to one place .