five o'clock in the morning
I am a woman of old family , princely rank and fortune -- you -- '' `` By my father 's death , '' said Paul , for the second time that day , `` I am a rich man . We can leave out the question of fortune -- except that the money I inherit was made out of a fried-fish shop business . That business was conducted by my father on lines of peculiar idealism . It will be my duty to carry on his work -- at least '' -- he inwardly and conscientiously repudiated the idea of buying fish at Billingsgate at five o'clock in the morning -- `` as far as the maintenance of his principles is concerned . '' `` Soit , '' said the Princess , `` we leave out the question of fortune . You are then a man of humble birth , and the rank you have gained for yourself . '' `` I am a man of no name and of tarnished reputation .