Three o'clock
He lay and wondered , consumed with curiosity as to the hour -- as if that knowledge could be of value . By and by , out of the stillness and the widespread black came the slumbrous tone of a far-off town clock . Three times it rumored in the air as if distance moaned faintly thrice . Three o'clock ! He had had but two hours ' sleep , and would have no more ! And he needed ten ! To-morrow morning -- this morning !