three in the morning
`` Then I 'll pick you up at Greenwich in the morning , '' said Flower . `` And suppose they 're still aboard ? '' said Fraser . `` I wo n't suppose any such thing , '' said the other , hotly ; `` if you ca n't get rid of two women between now and three in the morning , you 're not much of a mate . If they catch me I 'm ruined , and you 'll be responsible for it . '' The mate , staring at him blankly , opened his mouth to reply , but being utterly unable to think of anything adequate to the occasion , took up his glass instead , and , drinking off the contents , turned to the door . He stood for a moment at the threshold gazing at Flower as though he had just discovered points about him which had hitherto escaped his notice , and then made his way back to the wharf .