nine o'clock in
the morning
And it seemed to him as he looked , as if , through the splendour of the midday sun , the glitter of that sea of air-craft -- through the pealing of the bells beneath and the shock of the guns and the shrill crying that filled the air -- there moved other Presences , too , in yet a third medium than those of air and earth ; as if diffused throughout this material plane was a world of more than matter and mind , more than of sense and perception -- a world where all was reconciled and made at one -- this clash of flesh and spirit -- and that at last each answered to each , and spirit inspired flesh , and flesh expressed spirit . It seemed to him , for one blinding instant , as if at last he saw how distance was contained in a single point , colour in whiteness , and sound in silence , as at the very Word of Him who now at last had taken His power and reigned , whose Kingdom at last had come indeed , to whom in very truth All Power was given in heaven and earth ... The white-skirted , clean-looking doctor came briskly and noiselessly into the little room that opened off Ward No . IV in the Westminster Hospital as the clock pointed to nine o'clock in the morning , and the nursing-sister stood up to receive him . `` Good morning , sister , '' he said . `` Any change ? '' `` He seemed a little disturbed about an hour ago by the bells , '' she said .