3 A.M.
But I 'm not a bachelor like you , '' Edward Henry smiled archly . `` Well , you 'll see when you meet her , '' said Mr. Sachs . Upon which enigmatic warning he departed , and was lost in the immense glittering nocturnal silence of Wilkins 's . Edward Henry sat down to write to Slossons by the 3 A.M. post . But as he wrote he kept saying to himself : `` So Elsie April 's her name , is it ? And she actually persuaded Sachs -- Sachs -- to make a fool of himself ! '' The next morning , Joseph , having opened wide the window , informed his master that the weather was bright and sunny , and Edward Henry arose with just that pleasant degree of fatigue which persuades one that one is if anything rather more highly vitalized than usual .