two o'clock in the
morning
`` Yes ; what does that mean ? '' `` The Rue de la Paix , he says , is a large street , and a grand street , but it certainly does n't awaken the gracious and noble thoughts that the Rue Royale suggests to every sensitive mind ; nor has it the dignity of the Place Vendôme . The Place de la Bourse , he says , is in the daytime babble and prostitution , but at night it is beautiful . At two o'clock in the morning , by moonlight , it is a dream of old Greece . '' `` I do n't see much in that . What you said about the villas was quite as good . '' Fearing that the conversation lacked a familiar and personal interest , he sought a transition , an idea by which he could connect it with Evelyn herself .