three
o'clock in the morning
`` Ah , when he was not here , I had , to be sure , some heavy moments . I thought of my eyes -- the light is so beautiful ! Oh , God ! cried I , in anguish , if ever I should see clearly again , I would get up at three o'clock in the morning , and I would , not go to bed till ten at night , that I might gather up more light . '' `` James , James ! '' said his wife . `` You are right , Juliana ; he has forbidden me to be sad .