three o'clock in the morning
Miss Enderby even said : `` I was so glad to see Alan looking so well , last night . '' `` Yes , he had such a good time , '' said Bessie , and she followed her friend to the door , where she kissed her reassuringly , and thanked her for taking all the trouble she had , bidding her not be the least anxious on her account . It seemed to her that she should sink upon the stairs in mounting them to the library . Mary Enderby had told her only what she had known before ; it was what her brother had told her ; but then it had not been possible for the man to say that he had brought Alan home tipsy , and been alone in the house with her at three o'clock in the morning . He would not only boast of it to all that vulgar comradehood of his , but it might get into those terrible papers which published the society scandals . There would be no way but to appeal to his pity , his generosity . She fancied herself writing to him , but he could show her note , and she must send for him to come and see her , and try to put him on his honor .