three o'clock in the morning
He has been so threatened , and for a time he changes his haphazard mode of dealing with it , and then returns ; he may escape -- of course , that is possible -- but he may any day overdo the thing . I do n't think the present crisis will result seriously . I am very glad , independently of the honour of making your acquaintance , Miss Ruthyn , that you and your cousin have returned ; for , however zealous , I fear the servants are deficient in intelligence ; and as in the event of a recurrence of the symptoms -- which , however , is not probable -- I would beg to inform you of their nature , and how exactly best to deal with them . ' So upon these points he delivered us a pompous little lecture , and begged that either Milly or I would remain in the room with the patient until his return at two or three o'clock in the morning ; a reappearance of the coma ` might be very bad indeed . ' Of course Milly and I did as we were directed . We sat by the fire , scarcely daring to whisper . Uncle Silas , about whom a new and dreadful suspicion began to haunt me , lay still and motionless as if he were actually dead .