three o’clock in the morning
What was it you feared ? `` A. I hardly know how to tell you . For several nights , I seemed to hear , both in the park and out of the park , round the pavilion , unusual sounds , sometimes footsteps , at other times the cracking of branches . The night before the attack on me , when I did not get to bed before three o'clock in the morning , on our return from the Elysee , I stood for a moment before my window , and I felt sure I saw shadows . `` Q . How many ? `` A. Two .