three o'clock in the morning
I wonder they were asked . Fred told me that he had never heard of their having been there before . ' ` It is very difficult to make up a number sometimes , ' suggested Mrs. Gould ; ` but they are certainly very coarse . I hear , when Mr. Ryan and Mr. Lynch go to fairs , that they sleep with their herdsman , and in Mayo there is a bachelor 's house where they have fine times -- whiskey-drinking and dancing until three o'clock in the morning . ' ` And where do the ladies come from , May ? ' asked Alice , for she now looked on the girl as an inexhaustible fund of information . ` Plenty of ladies in the village , ' replied Mrs. Gould , rubbing her shins complacently ; ` that 's what I used to hear of in my day , and I believe the custom is n't even yet quite extinct . '