five in the morning
But I am better now . Do you take one arm , and I will take the other . '' Half-leading and half-dragging him they managed between them to convey the old gunmaker away from the scene of his disaster , and to lodge him for the night in a place of safety . At five in the morning Robert had started in the gig to make the medical arrangements , while Raffles Haw paced his palatial house with a troubled face and a sad heart . It may be that Laura did not look upon the removal of her father as an unmixed misfortune . Nothing was said to her as to the manner of the old man 's seizure , but Robert informed her at breakfast that he had thought it best , acting under medical advice , to place him for a time under some restraint . She had herself frequently remarked upon the growing eccentricity of his manner , so that the announcement could have been no great surprise to her .