three o'clock in the morning
`` He always helped the Count to undress . I can not remember where I left him . '' `` You have not a good memory , I perceive . '' `` Not for that which happened at three o'clock in the morning . '' Zaniloff permitted the merest suspicion of a smile to lurk about the corners of a sensual mouth . `` It is difficult , '' he said dryly -- and then , `` your memory will be better later on . Did the girl tell you that his excellency would be assassinated ? ''