four o'clock
But work is the bearer of faith , and he felt sure that a way would open out if only he kept on with it unweariedly . He took Ellen 's unspoken mistrust of his projects quietly . He felt himself to be greater than she in this ; she could not reach up to the level of his head ! Pelle was awake as early as four o'clock , although he had gone to bed late . He slept lightly at this time , when the summer night lay lightly upon his eyelids . He stole out into the kitchen and washed himself under the tap , and then went down to his work . The gray spirit of the night was still visible down in the street , but a tinge of red was appearing above the roofs .