three o'clock in the morning
He was too susceptible , and he knew his own fault , and he was always on guard against it , -- as behooved a young man with such duties as his . He was always falling in love , and then using his diplomatic skill in avoiding the consequences . He had found out that though one girl had looked so well under waxlight she did not endure the wear and tear of the day . Another could not be always graceful , or , though she could talk well enough during a waltz , she had nothing to say for herself at three o'clock in the morning . And he was driven to calculate that he would be wrong to marry a girl without a shilling . `` It is a kind of thing that a man can not afford to do unless he 's sure of his position , '' he had said on such an occasion to Montgomery Arbuthnot , alluding especially to his brother 's state of health . When Mr. Anderson spoke of not being sure of his position he was always considered to allude to his brother 's health .