two o'clock in the morning
`` Arthur , '' she said , her face twitching in every direction , and all her triumph fallen from her , `` Arthur , I 've lost my pearls . They 're gone ! Some one must have taken them ! '' Mr. Prohack 's reaction to this piece of more-than-midnight news was to break into hearty and healthy laughter ; he appeared to be genuinely diverted ; and when Eve protested against such an attitude he said : `` My child , anything that strikes you as funny after being wakened up at two o'clock in the morning is very funny , very funny indeed . How can I help laughing ? '' Eve thereupon began to cry , weakly . `` Come here , please , '' said he .