the hour of three
`` Where does it come from ? '' he said . `` The fire is out . '' Just then Big Ben proclaimed the hour of three . `` He that shall endure , '' thought Connie . `` To the end , '' darted through Ronald 's mind ; and just then both children heard an unmistakable and awful roar . Was it the roar of human voices or the roar of something else -- a devouring and awful element ?