four o'clock
It looked to me as if we were in a pretty bad fix . The constable was so savage toward everybody it did n't seem possible that he would believe that we had broken into the house by mistake . Also , I was so tired that I was ready to drop . We had been up since four o'clock that morning , and it was now after midnight . It seemed to be years since we had left the `` Hoppergrass , '' and during the last few hours we had walked over a dozen miles . `` Now , '' said the constable , `` we 'll make short work of you . Names ? ''