For some reason the following caught my eye in this interesting article: "In between the first and second sleep the person would be awake about an hour – enoug

For some reason the following caught my eye in this interesting article: "In between the first and second sleep the person would be awake about an hour – enough to say prayers during Matins, which would typically fall between 2 am and 3 am, study or even have sex." Why the even :-)? Shouldn't those three items be listed in the reverse order? Does this point to a fact about the medieval mindset or just to the sensibilities of the writer?