five
o’clock in the morning
`` Never mind , '' said Helen ; `` but how burning hot your hand is ! '' `` No matter . If ever I am well or happy again in this world , Helen , I shall owe it to you . After I left you I found the general fast asleep , I do not believe he had ever awoke -- I lay awake for hours , till past five o'clock in the morning , I was wide awake -- feverish . But can you conceive it ? just then , when I was most anxious to be awake , when I knew there was but one hour -- not so much , till he would awake and read that packet , I felt an irresistible sleepiness come over me ; I turned and turned , and tried to keep my eyes open , and pulled and pinched my fingers . But all would not do , and I fell asleep , dreaming that I was awake , and how long I slept I can not tell you , so deep , so dead asleep I must have been ; but the instant I did awake , I started up and drew back the curtain , and I saw -- oh , Helen !