the hour of three
Then she looked in various other places suggested by Sadie , with the same result , greatly to the girl 's disappointment . `` Oh , I remember -- I lent it to Carrie Hill last week ! What shall I do ? '' wailed the sufferer in a voice of despair ; for Miss Hill roomed at the top of the opposite wing , and just at that moment the clock in the tower of the building struck the hour of three . She was now wrought up to a state of excessive nervous excitement , and it looked as if there would be no more sleep for either of them that night . `` Have n't you something -- some camphor or salts , Katherine ? I ca n't stand this any longer , '' and Sadie was now sobbing from mingled nervousness and suffering .