three in
the morning
` Wot did you do ? Bet you had a B. and S. ! ' ` Well , you see , it was just as the old boy said -- like the cut of a whip , ' said Herrick . ` The one minute I was here on the beach at three in the morning , the next I was in front of the Golden Cross at midday . At first I was dazzled , and covered my eyes , and there did n't seem the smallest change ; the roar of the Strand and the roar of the reef were like the same : hark to it now , and you can hear the cabs and buses rolling and the streets resound ! And then at last I could look about , and there was the old place , and no mistake ! With the statues in the square , and St Martin 's - in-the-Fields , and the bobbies , and the sparrows , and the hacks ; and I ca n't tell you what I felt like .