five A.M.
`` And what is that , Richard ? '' `` There is a Normandy village , John , called Valée-les-Noisettes -- white houses with an extraordinary sound of forest about , one of Poussin 's landscapes , with a smithy under a chestnut precisely as in the poem ; and the blacksmith is a charming man . I dare say someone will find me money enough to purchase a share of his smithy : and with him I shall work , starting for him before sunrise , with my sister '' . Loveday , wondering if he was delirious , said irrelevantly : `` I have to tell you that by five A.M. there will be 15,000 additional infantry in London , with -- '' `` Ah , I wish they 'd lend them me to send out to those poor Jews , John . But , for myself -- I was mad when I gave that order . It wo n't do ! the world is addicted to its orbit , and relapses .