three o'clock in the morning
His uneasiness had produced a raging thirst . He punched an electric button with his fleshy thumb , and prowled around , waiting . Nobody came ; he punched again , and looked at his watch . It astonished him to find the hour was three o'clock in the morning . That discovery , however , only appeared to increase his thirst . He opened the hall door , prepared to descend into the depths of the house and raid a sideboard ; and as he thrust his heavy head out into the lighted corridor his eyes fell upon two figures standing at the open door of a bedroom . One was Siward ; that was plain .