four o'clock in the morning
` You think like that because you do not know convent life . There is , I assure you , plenty to do , plenty to think about . ' ` Fancy , they hardly ever speak , only at certain hours , ' said Mrs. Lahens . ` It is the getting up at four o'clock in the morning that seems to me the worst part , ' said Miss Dare . ` The monotony , ' said St. Clare , ` must be terrible ; always the same faces , never seeing anything new , knowing that you will never see anything else . ' Agnes listened to these objections eagerly . ` The nuns are not sad at all , ' she said .