five in the morning
I often glanced at it , for she sat in the window all the time we were at work ; and made our breakfast , which we took by snatches as we were employed . When I left , at nine o'clock , she was kneeling on the ground at the Doctor 's feet , putting on his shoes and gaiters for him . There was a softened shade upon her face , thrown from some green leaves overhanging the open window of the low room ; and I thought all the way to Doctors ' Commons , of the night when I had seen it looking at him as he read . I was pretty busy now ; up at five in the morning , and home at nine or ten at night . But I had infinite satisfaction in being so closely engaged , and never walked slowly on any account , and felt enthusiastically that the more I tired myself , the more I was doing to deserve Dora . I had not revealed myself in my altered character to Dora yet , because she was coming to see Miss Mills in a few days , and I deferred all I had to tell her until then ; merely informing her in my letters -LRB- all our communications were secretly forwarded through Miss Mills -RRB- , that I had much to tell her . In the meantime , I put myself on a short allowance of bear 's grease , wholly abandoned scented soap and lavender water , and sold off three waistcoats at a prodigious sacrifice , as being too luxurious for my stern career .