nearly 4 o'clock
Fortune ` jollies ' them along with temporary small successes , and having gained their confidence proceeds to throw them down the harder . Disappointment , misery , embezzlement , suicide , follow it all as effect follows cause -- and still the game goes on . '' `` Well , anyway , I 'm glad we touched them , and we 'll take good care that they do n't get it back . By Jove , it 's nearly 4 o'clock . I 'm afraid we ought to be going , Jack . It 's a long drive in , and recollect we have a date for dinner to-night . Come on , I 'll cash this Despot ticket , and then we 'll make a start for home . ''