three o'clock in the morning
This is his wife , Mrs. Paine . They 've been cruisin ' all the way from Cape Cod to Kamchatky in a motor boat with no power to it . Do n't that beat the Old Scratch , hey ? '' The plump woman rose , without a trace of surprise , as if having company drop in at three o'clock in the morning was nothing out of the ordinary , and came over to us , beaming with smiles . `` I 'm real glad to see you , Mrs. Paine , '' she exclaimed . `` And your husband , too . You must be froze to death !