one to a quarter to five
For _ that _ we should each want a sixth sense , and a second soul : and it would still be only the same spread out over larger territory . I prefer to keep it nesting close in its present limitations , where it feels like a `` growing pain '' ; children have it in their legs , we in our hearts . I am growing sleepy as I write , and feel I am sending you a dull letter , -- my penalty for doing as you forbade . I sat up from half-past one to a quarter to five to see our shadow go over heaven . I did n't see much , the sky was too piebald : but I was not disappointed , as I had never watched the darkness into dawn like that before : and it was interesting to hear all the persons awaking : -- cocks at half-past four , frogs immediately after , then pheasants and various others following . I was cuddled close up against my window , throned in a big arm-chair with many pillows , a spirit-lamp , cocoa , bread and butter , and buns ; so I fared well . Just after the pheasants and the first querulous fidgetings of hungry blackbirds comes a soft pattering along the path below : and Benjy , secretive and important , is fussing his way to the shrubbery , when instinct or real sentiment prompts him to look up at my window ; he gives a whimper and a wag , and goes on .