three o'clock
Nana had showed herself very brave , always sleeping beside the old woman , and saying that if she heard her dying , she would wake everyone . Since the invalid seemed to be sleeping peacefully this night , Gervaise finally yielded to the appeals of Lantier to come into his room for a little rest . They only kept a candle alight , standing on the ground behind the wardrobe . But towards three o'clock Gervaise abruptly jumped out of bed , shivering and oppressed with anguish . She thought she had felt a cold breath pass over her body . The morsel of candle had burnt out ; she tied on her petticoats in the dark , all bewildered , and with feverish hands . It was not till she got into the little room , after knocking up against the furniture , that she was able to light a small lamp .