nearly two o'clock
I wish you 'd go down there to-morrow and see what 's up . Jack is away you know . '' `` I will , '' said Sarah . It was nearly two o'clock when Samson , having fed and watered his horses , got into bed . Yet he was up before daylight , next morning , and singing a hymn of praise as he kindled the fire and filled the tea kettle and lighted his candle lantern and went out to do his chores while Sarah , partly reconciled to her new disappointment , dressed and began the work of another day . So they and Abe and Harry and others like them , each under the urge of his own ambition , spent their great strength in the building and defense of the republic and grew prematurely old . Their work began and ended in darkness and often their days were doubled by the burdens of the night .