about one o'clock in the morning
`` It 's of no consequence , thanks , '' he said drily . `` Very good of you to look at it . But you print a great deal worse stuff , you know . '' His private reflection was different , however , and led him to devote the following evening to making certain additions to the sense and alterations in the style of Elfrida 's views on `` The Nemesis of Romanticism , '' which enabled him to say , at about one o'clock in the morning , '' _ Enfin ! _ It is passable ! '' He took it to Elfrida on his way from his lecture next day . She met him at the door of her attic with expectant eyes ; she was certain of success .