six o'clock in the morning
`` Mrs. Pratt evidently keeps a good gardener , '' he said , as he took note of the neatly-shaven and carefully -- swept paths . `` David is the gardener , '' returned Cedric laughing . `` The garden is his hobby . He is at work sometimes at six o'clock in the morning . It is rather a good garden , as you see ; but when David first came to the White Cottage it was a perfect wilderness . A lone widder woman can not be expected to attend to house and garden too , '' he continued in a lackadaisical voice . `` Hallo , Davy , what cheer , my lad ?