two o'clock
The Chief thought him slightly unhinged by the night 's experience . Edith Boyd 's child was prematurely born at the Memorial Hospital early the next morning . It lived only a few moments , but Edith 's mother never knew either of its birth or of its death . When Willy Cameron reached the house at two o'clock that night he found Dan in the lower hall , a new Dan , grave and composed but very pale . `` Mother 's gone , Willy , '' he said quietly . `` I do n't think she knew anything about it . Ellen heard her breathing hard and went in , but she was n't conscious . ''