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1951 Autumn, Saul Bellow, “The Coblins”, in The Sewanee Review, volume 59, number 4, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, page 651:

At the convict hour between four and five when even those with the least to fear are darkened and sober, and back away from waking.

Note: "The Coblins" was chapter 2 of The Adventures of Augie March, (Viking Press, 1953)