three o'clock in the morning
§ 23 Martin died early on Monday morning . Joanna was with him at the last , and to the last she did not believe that he would die -- because he had given up worrying about himself , so she was sure he must feel better . Three hours before he died he held both her hands and looked at her once more like a man out of his eyes ... `` Lovely Jo , '' he said . She had lain down in most of her clothes as usual , in the little spare room , and between two and three o'clock in the morning the nurse had roused her . `` You 're wanted ... but I 'm not sure if he 'll know you . '' He did n't . He knew none of them -- his mind seemed to have gone away and left his body to fight its last fight alone .