five in the morning
It became golden above the trees , paler higher , and deathly white in mid-heaven . It was long after midnight when she went into the house to light fresh candles . In the intense darkness before dawn she lighted two more and set them in an upper window on the chance that they might guide him back . At five in the morning every clock struck five . She was not asleep ; she was lying on a lounge beside the burning candles , listening , when the door below burst open and there came the trampling rush of feet , the sound of blows , a fall -- A loud voice cried : -- `` Because you are armed and not in uniform ! -- you British swine ! '' -- And the pistol shots crashed through the house .