two o'clock
`` I love you , '' she said . `` Some day I may have a lover but always I shall love you . I shall try to be what you want of me . '' It was past two o'clock that night when David arose from the chair where he had been for several hours quietly reading . With a smile on his face he went to a window facing north toward the city . All through the evening groups of men had been passing the house . Some had gone scuffling along , a mere disorderly mob , some had gone shoulder to shoulder chanting the marching song of the workers and a few , under the influence of drink , had stopped before the house to roar out threats .