two o'clock
The latter now hastily left the house and ran as fast as she could through the silent night toward Lower Wood . From time to time she had to stop to get her breath . Then she looked up to the bright star-covered sky and prayed : `` Dear God , help us all . '' She had great difficulty in awakening the doctor in Lower Wood at two o'clock in the night ; but at last he heard her knocking and followed her soon after on the road to her house . When they entered together the room of the sick woman , the light had burned down and threw a faint light on the quiet , pale face . The mother had stretched out her arm upon the bed of her child . The boy had encircled her slender , white hand with both his plump hands , and held it firmly .