three o'clock
Other girls made marriages _ de raison _ every day , and were well content with their lot -- why should she not ? She could not forever remain indifferent to his fidelity and devotion . She might learn to love him by-and-by . The fire waned and burned low , the hours of the bleak winter night wore on , and three o'clock of a new day struck before the solitary watcher went to bed . The Scotch baronet was not kept long in suspense . Next morning , as Miss Danton came down the stone steps , with something in a paper parcel for her poor , sick pensioners , Sir Ronald Keith joined her . `` I have passed a sleepless night , '' he said .