Two o'clock in the morning
`` I knew you 'd say something nice ! I knew you 'd put it in a quaint , refreshing way . I shall remember that , when I am alone , and feel courage oozing out of every pore . Two o'clock in the morning is a particularly cheery time when you are racked with pain ! Claire , I asked the doctor to tell me honestly whether there was any chance of my ever taking up the old work again , and he said , honestly , he feared there was none . '' `` But Mrs Willoughby -- '' `` I asked that , too . He says he quite hopes to get me well enough to go to Egypt in October or November , and that I should certainly be much better there .