three in the morning
`` It was the young Deemster , '' said a girl to her companion , as she went skipping past . Pete had seen the tall , dark figure , bent and feeble , as it walked heavily up the steps . `` Truth enough , '' he thought , `` there 's nothing got in this world without paying the price of it . '' It was three in the morning when Pete reached Ramsey , Elm Cottage was dark and silent . He had to knock again and again before awakening Nancy . `` Now , if this had been Kate ! '' he thought , and a new fear took hold of him .