three in the morning
`` A stroke ? Is it serious ? '' `` Middlin ' , '' answered the man , a woodcutter on the Steens estate . `` He took it at three in the morning and never said another word , but passed away a little under two hours agone ; and the funeral 's on Thursday . '' Roger laid down the watch and stood erect . The band in the street still thumped out the Flora tune . `` Malachi , '' said he , `` can you dance the Flora ? ''