three in the morning
A second gold piece decided him to light a little chapel . It was the one in which Amélie had made her first communion . There , kneeling before the altar , she implored them to leave her alone . Toward three in the morning she saw the colored window above the altar of the Virgin begin to lighten . It looked to the east , so that the first ray of light came direct to her eyes as a messenger from God . Little by little the town awoke . To Amélie the noise seemed louder than ever before .