five in the morning
`` He says he is glad he has seen Margaret ; he says she is the right sort of stuff for Mr. Ernescliffe . '' Harry had not intended Margaret to hear , but she caught the words , smiled radiantly , and whispered , `` I wish I may be ! '' Margaret had borne the meeting much too well for her own good , and a wakeful night of palpitation was the consequence ; but she would not allow any one to take it to heart , and declared that she should be ready to enjoy Harry by the time he should return , and meantime , she should dwell on the delight of his meeting Flora . No one had rested too soundly that night , and Dr. May had not been able to help looking in at his sleeping boy at five in the morning , to certify himself that he had not only figured his present bliss to himself , in his ten minutes ' dream . And looking in again at half-past seven , he found Harry half dressed , with his arm round Mary ; laughing , almost sobbing , over the treasures in his cupboard , which he had newly discovered in their fresh order . Dr. May looked like a new man that morning , with his brightened eye and bearing , as if there were a well-spring of joy within him , ready to brim over at once in tear and in smile , and finding an outlet in the praise and thanksgiving that his spirit chanted , and his face expressed , and in that sunny genial benevolence that must make all share his joy . He was going to run over half the town -- every one would like to hear it from him ; Ethel and Mary must go to the rest -- the old women in the almshouses , where lived an old cook who used to be fond of Harry -- they should have a feast ; all who were well enough in the hospital should have a tea-drinking ; Dr. Hoxton had already granted a holiday to the school ; every boy with whom they had any connection should come to dinner , and Edward Anderson should be asked to meet Harry on his return , because , poor fellow , he was so improved .