three in the
morning
She was in love with John -- furiously , wildly , heart-breakingly in love with him . And she was going to have to live close by him for a month , knowing that , and keeping him from knowing it -- and then go away from him and never see him any more . `` This is our dance , Sorcerette , '' said Clarence 's voice in her ear . Joy had supposed , when she finally went to sleep at three in the morning , that she would waken with all the excitement gone and feeling very unhappy . She had always heard that it made you unhappy to be in love . Instead , she opened her eyes with the excitement of it all still pulsing through her . The fact that John was in the world and she could care for him seemed almost enough to account for the sense of happiness that possessed her as she pattered over to the window and looked out .