four o'clock in the morning
Miss Ophelia found that it was no easy matter to bring anything like order into the St. Clare household . The slaves had been left to themselves so long , and had grown so untidy , that they were not at all pleased with Miss Feely , as they called her , for trying to make them be tidy . However , she had quite made up her mind that order there must be . She got up at four o'clock in the morning , much to the surprise of the housemaids . All day long she was busy dusting and tidying , till Mrs. St. Clare said it made her tired to see cousin Ophelia so busy . One morning , while Miss Ophelia was busy , as usual , she heard Mr. St. Clare calling her from the foot of the stairs . ` Come down here , cousin .