about three o'clock
He 'd fight death off as long as there was breath in the body . The night the turnin ' point was to come I set up with Mary . The child 'd been moanin ' and tossin ' , and his muscles was twitchin ' , and the fever jest as high as it could be . But about three o'clock he got quiet and about half-past three I leaned over and counted his breaths . He was breathin ' slow and regular , and I touched his forehead and found it was wet , and the fever was goin ' away . I went over to Mary , and says I , ` You go in the other room and lie down , Mary , the fever 's broke , and Harvey 's goin ' to git well . ' She stared at me like she could n't take in what I was sayin ' .