three in
the morning
was the melancholy interpolation . I passed over this , and went on : `` It is the work which absorbs his whole attention . He begins at the bottom of the ladder , which is in the garret . First , he is running about the streets at two and three in the morning , in rain and snow and fog . The contact with the lower classes teaches him many things . He becomes the friend of the policeman and the vagabond . And as his mind grows broader his heart grows in proportion .