six in the morning
They were both intoxicated . '' His listener uttered an exclamation fraught with more dismay than he had before expressed , and asked his next question in a low , troubled tone : `` Where were they going ? '' `` Going home . They had been out on that South road , nine miles from the city , to attend a dance ; had danced and drank by turns all night , and were dashing home between five and six in the morning . So Harcourt says , and he is good authority , for he was right behind them , returning from the same place , and in not much better condition than they until the accident sobered him . '' Poor Theodore ! he had had particulars enough ; his heart felt like lead .