two o'clock
in the morning
* * * From Mr. Julius Tupp , of the Sunnybrook Steam Laundry , Twickenham , upon whom our representative next called , we have been unable to obtain much assistance , Mr. Tupp replying to all questions put to him by the one formula , `` Not talking . '' Fortunately , our representative , on his way out through the drying ground , was able to obtain a brief interview with Mrs. Tupp . Mrs. Tupp remembers admitting a young lady to the house on the morning of Friday , the twenty-eighth , when she opened the door to take in the milk . The lady , Mrs. Tupp remembers , spoke in a husky voice , the result , as the young lady explained with a pleasant laugh , of having passed the night wandering about Ham Common , she having been misdirected the previous evening by a fool of a railway porter , and not wishing to disturb the neighbourhood by waking people up at two o'clock in the morning , which , in Mrs. Tupp 's opinion , was sensible of her . Mrs. Tupp describes the young lady as of agreeable manners , but looking , naturally , a bit washed out . The lady asked for Mr. Tupp , explaining that a friend of his was in trouble , which did not in the least surprise Mrs. Tupp , she herself not holding with Socialists and such like . Mr. Tupp , on being informed , dressed hastily and went downstairs , and he and the young lady left the house together .