three o’clock in the morning
`` Why should I be offended ? '' `` Well , just listen , prince . I remained here last evening , partly because I have a great admiration for the French archbishop Bourdaloue . I enjoyed a discussion over him till three o'clock in the morning , with Lebedeff ; and then ... then -- I swear by all I hold sacred that I am telling you the truth -- then I wished to develop my soul in this frank and heartfelt confession to you . This was my thought as I was sobbing myself to sleep at dawn . Just as I was losing consciousness , tears in my soul , tears on my face -LRB- I remember how I lay there sobbing -RRB- , an idea from hell struck me . ` Why not , after confessing , borrow money from him ? '