three o'clock in the morning
My aunt sat silently weeping . I kissed her without speaking , and went back to my chair by Annie 's bed . I dropped the two drops of medicine into a spoon , and propped the spoon carefully on a little silver tray , so that I could reach it instantly . It was just three o'clock in the morning . Hour after hour passed . I could not hear Annie 's breath . My own dinned in my ears like the whir of mills .