two o'clock
Aleck had gone to Wisconsin and was living in the same town as young Cruger , one of my father 's law-students . When my father died , I telegraphed Cruger , inviting him to serve as one of the pall-bearers , and asked him to find Aleck and tell him . I knew he would be hurt if I did n't let him know . `` At two o'clock that night my niece , who was with my mother , rapped at my door . I was sitting up with my father 's body and would go down every hour to see that everything was all right . '' ` There 's a man trying to get in at the front door , ' she said . I got up at once and went downstairs .