three o'clock
We love him , and we are the happiest house in Christendom ; we , that were the saddest . '' `` Well , '' said the doctor , `` you north countrymen are hearty people . I 'll stay till to-morrow morning -- indeed , I 'll stay till the afternoon , for my London day will be lost anyway . '' He staid accordingly till three o'clock , left his patient out of all present danger , and advised Walter especially against allowing colchicum to be administered to him until his strength had recovered . `` There is no medicinal cure for gout , '' said he ; `` pain is a mere symptom , and colchicum soothes that pain , not by affecting the disease , but by stilling the action of the heart . Well , if you still the action of that heart there , you 'll kill him as surely as if you stilled it with a pistol bullet . Knock off his champagne in three or four days , and wheel him into the sun as soon as you can with safety , fill his lungs with oxygen , and keep all worry and disputes and mental anxiety from him , if you can .