two in the morning
` We can do it when they 're settin ' there -- afore us , ' she said , ` but not when we 're by our lone . ' Nelly nodded . ` It 's the nights that are worst -- ' she murmured , under her breath -- ` because it 's then they 're fighting -- when we 're in bed -- sleeping . ' ` My boy was killed between one and two in the morning ' -- whispered Mrs. Grayson . ` I heard from one of his friends this morning . He says it was a lovely night , and the daylight just comin ' up . I think of it when I 'm layin ' awake and hearing the birds beginning . '