three o’clock in the morning
He invited me to breakfast . '' There was a brief silence . Then the other said : `` But you are not going to throw up the scheme ? '' `` My dear boy , '' said Lupin , `` When I arranged that little case of assault and battery , when I took the trouble at three o'clock in the morning , to rap you with my cane and tap you with my boot at the risk of injuring my only friend , it was not my intention to forego the advantages to be gained from a rescue so well arranged and executed . Oh ! no , not at all . '' `` But the strange rumors we hear about their fortune ? ''