two in the morning
But I do not wish to dwell longer on a subject which gives you so much pain . I am to be off in the morning , and I should wish , before I go , to know what is to be the issue of all this wonderful working . '' Graeme had now seated himself ; and I resumed my chair also , to wait an answer , which his manner seemed to indicate might be slow and delicate . We looked , in the dim light of the room , at two in the morning , like two wizards trying our skill in working out some scheme of _ diablerie _ ; yet , in reality , how unlike ! For though we had both been gamblers , and consequently bad men , we had for years renounced the wild ways of an ill-regulated youth , and settled down to tread , with pleasure to ourselves and profit to others , the decent paths of virtue . `` I am resolved , '' said Graeme at length -- `` On what ? '' I inquired .