about four o'clock
`` What do you mean ? '' asked Quincy . `` Is he dead ? '' `` Yes , '' said Mr. Waters , `` he died about four o'clock this mornin ' . Sam sat up with him till midnight , and I stayed with him the balance of the time . '' `` I am so sorry I was not here , '' said Quincy . `` It would n't have done any good , '' said Waters .