about three in
the morning
'T was in my mind , Kit , '' answers he ; `` I will send him out to you . '' He went into the cabin , and Mr. Godwin coming out , I showed him our state . But 't was no surprise to him . Only , it being now about three in the morning , and the moon risen fair and full in the heavens , he casts his eyes along the silver path on the water in the hope of rescue , and finding none , he grasps my hand and says : `` God 's will be done ! 'T is a mercy that my dear love is spared this last terror . Our pain will not be long . '' A shaft of moonlight entered the cabin , and there we perceived Dawson kneeling by the crib , with his head laid upon the pillow beside his daughter .