about five o'clock
Had it been at a reasonable hour , he would have talked to him there and then , for the hours of that night were beyond all words intolerable . He must see Kennedy and convince him . In the end , unable to support the doubt , he quitted his own room , and crossed the landing , irresolute , trembling , hardly knowing what he did . * * * * * It would have been about five o'clock of the morning when he entered Alban 's room and discovered him to be still sleeping . A sound of heavy breathing followed by a restless movement had deceived him and he knocked upon the door gently , quite expecting to be answered . When no reply came , he ventured in as one who would not willingly pry upon another but is compelled thereto by curiosity . The room itself should have been in darkness , but Alban had deliberately drawn the heavy curtains back from the windows before he slept , and the wan gray light of dawn struck down upon his tired face as though seeking out him alone of all that slept in the house .