about six o'clock
And then , `` Take the pencil and write under my name , ` I forgive her ! ' '' She never changed the order of these three sentences , but she sometimes left out a word in one or other of them ; never putting in another word , but always leaving a blank and going on to the next word . As I could do no service there , and as I had , nearer home , that pressing reason for anxiety and fear which even her wanderings could not drive out of my mind , I decided , in the course of the night that I would return by the early morning coach , walking on a mile or so , and being taken up clear of the town . At about six o'clock of the morning , therefore , I leaned over her and touched her lips with mine , just as they said , not stopping for being touched , `` Take the pencil and write under my name , ` I forgive her . ' '' My hands had been dressed twice or thrice in the night , and again in the morning . My left arm was a good deal burned to the elbow , and , less severely , as high as the shoulder ; it was very painful , but the flames had set in that direction , and I felt thankful it was no worse . My right hand was not so badly burnt but that I could move the fingers .