three o'clock in the morning
Ah , at such moments one forgets both oneself and one 's former failures ! This I had gained by risking my very life . I had dared so to risk , and behold , again I was a member of mankind ! I went and hired a room , I shut myself up in it , and sat counting my money until three o'clock in the morning . To think that when I awoke on the morrow , I was no lacquey ! I decided to leave at once for Homburg . There I should neither have to serve as a footman nor to lie in prison .