nearly four o'clock in
the morning
that I do n't know , sir . I drew up in the yard of the hotel , and they both got out . The lady hurried in , while the gentleman paid me , and gave me something for myself . It was then nearly four o'clock in the morning . I should have been back earlier , only I had a puncture the other side of Hatfield , and had to put on the ` Stepney . ' '' `` I must go to Stamford , '' I said decisively . Then I put something into his palm , as well as into that of the page-boy , and , entering a taxi , drove back home .