five o'clock
We went up the steps and entered the church , where more than twenty women , young and old , were kneeling on the pavement , in spite of the terrible cold . `` Is it not as I said ? '' said Brainstein . `` They are coming already to pray , and half of them have been here since five o'clock . '' He opened the little door of the steeple leading to the organ , and we began climbing up in the dark . Once in the organ-loft , we turned to the left of the bellows , and went up to the bells . I was glad to see the blue sky and breathe the free air again , for the bad odor of the bats which inhabited the tower almost suffocated me .