three o'clock
From time to time his glance wandered to the child , who , having obtained a head start through her preliminary treatment , now was stirring fretfully . Slowly the time plodded by . Jack smoked cigarette after cigarette in an effort to fight off the drowsiness which loaded his eyelids with lead . It must have been three o'clock when a whimper from the divan apprised them that the child at last had awakened . `` Where 's mama ? '' She blinked into the glare . `` I 've lost my mama . ''