three o'clock
Wearied as she was , Marcella could have smiled at the abject giant . `` No , I will stay with her till the morning and till the doctor comes . You had better go to bed . '' It was close on three o'clock . The man demurred a little , but he was in truth too worn out to resist . He went into the back room and lay down with the children . Then Marcella was left through the long summer dawn alone with her patient .