three
o'clock in the morning
But Walter Hine was looking to the wide beach , so black with holiday makers that it seemed at that distance a great and busy ant-heap . `` That 's what I like , '' he said , with a chuckle of anticipation . `` Lot 's o ' people . I 've knocked about too long in the thick o ' things , you see , Miss Sylvia , kept it up -- I have -- seen it right through every night till three o'clock in the morning , for months at a time . Oh , that 's the real thing ! '' he broke off . `` It makes you feel good . ''