three o’clock in the morning
` He dug up a fairy-mount against my advice , ' says Thady , ` and had no luck afterwards ... . Sir Murtagh in his passion broke a blood-vessel , and all the law in the land could do nothing in that case ... . My lady had a fine jointure settled upon her , and took herself away , to the great joy of the tenantry . I never said anything one way or the other , ' says Thady , ` whilst she was part of the family , but got up to see her go at three o'clock in the morning . `` It 's a fine morning , honest Thady , '' says she ; `` good-bye to ye , '' and into the carriage she stepped , without a word more , good or bad , or even half-a-crown , but I made my bow , and stood to see her safe out of sight for the sake of the family . ' How marvellously vivid it all is ! every word tells as the generations pass before us .