half past three o'clock in the
morning
Always those to whom she spoke came right out and agreed with her . Now it was getting along toward three-thirty o'clock of the morning after , and the party was breaking up . Indeed for half an hour past , this person or that had been saying it was time , really , to be thinking about going -- thus voicing a conviction that had formed at a much earlier hour in the minds of the tenants of the floor below Mrs. Carroway 's studio apartment , which like all properly devised studio apartments was at the top of the building . It was all very well to be a true Bohemian , ready to give and take , and if one lived down round Washington Square one naturally made allowances for one 's neighbours and all that , but half past three o'clock in the morning was half past three o'clock in the morning , and there was no getting round that , say what you would . And besides there were some people who needed a little sleep once in a while even if there were some other people who seemed to be able to go without any sleep ; and finally , though patience was a virtue , enough of a good thing was enough and too much was surplusage . Such was the opinion of the tenants one flight down . So the party was practically over .