four in the morning
`` She came down threatenin ' to skin Rafferty alive for layin ' fox thraps in the woods , then she had a bite of bread and butter and a cup of tea Norah made for her , and off she went with Rafferty to hunt out the thraps and take them up . It 's little she cares for breakfast . '' `` I was the same way myself when I was her age , '' said Hennessey to Pinckney . `` Up at four in the morning and out fishing in Dublin Bay -- it 's well to be young . '' `` Look here , '' said the young man , as Byrne left the room , `` she was out till eleven last night in the woods ; she knocked me up as I was sitting in the library and I let her in . _ I _ do n't see anything wrong in the business , but all the same , it 's not a particularly safe proceeding and I suppose a mother or father would have jawed her -- I could n't . I suppose I showed by my manner that I did n't approve of her being out so late , for she seemed in a huff as she went up to bed .