three in the morning
`` Yes , '' I said , `` Sir Bernard told me that , but I must confess that to-night I find a decided improvement in him . He 's sitting up quite lively . '' `` Very different to a month ago , '' my well-beloved remarked . `` Do you recollect when Short went to London in a hansom and brought you down at three in the morning ? '' `` I gave up all hope when I saw him on that occasion , '' I said ; `` but he certainly seems to have taken a new lease of life . '' `` Do you think he really has ? '' she inquired with an undisguised eagerness which struck me as distinctly curious .