three o'clock
He was deeply hurt . I saw that I had made some impression upon the hard skepticism with which the world had incased a naturally generous nature , and pressed my advantage . I poured out a torrent of eloquence , reasoning , prayers , entreaty . I wrestled with him as for the salvation of a soul ; the night waned on our hot conversation , and finally , toward three o'clock , when the gray dawn began to point weirdly in the East , I gained the victory . Guy promised to fulfil my wish , at whatever risks to himself , and with the certainty of sacrificing my life in the experiment . On the spot , I drew up a paper testifying that the operation should have been performed at my express command , and stated the reasons in full . To this document , I trusted to obtain in the country the signature of two witnesses sufficiently incurious to sign without reading .