three
in the morning
She shut the hall door , and went slowly back to her bedroom . She wanted to sleep , but sleep was far away . She lay listening during the long hours of the summer night , and heard hour after hour strike from the church clock close by . Between two and three in the morning she dropped off into a troubled doze . She awoke in broad daylight , to start to her feet and see her father standing in the room . `` Get up , Effie , '' he said . `` I want you ; dress yourself as quickly as you can . ''