about 2 o'clock in
the morning
it 's a pipe ! '' Bunch went on with enthusiasm . `` You will play Spike Hennessy and I 'll be Gumshoe Charlie . We 'll disguise ourselves with whiskers and break into the house about 2 o'clock in the morning . We 'll arouse the sleeping inmates , shoot our bullet-holders in the ceiling once or twice and hand them enough excitement to make them gallop back to town on the first train . Do you follow me , eh , what ? '' `` Not me , Bunch , '' I shook my head sadly .