two in the morning
he added . `` Clotworthy was very unwilling to take you on , but I convinced him that you are sensible now and so he consented ! '' John had taken the news to Eleanor , expecting that she would be elated by it , but when he told her that his work would keep him in Fleet Street half the night , she showed very little enthusiasm for it . Her normal dislike of being alone was intensified now , and the thought of being in the flat by herself until one or two in the morning frightened her . `` I sha n't see anything of you , '' she complained . `` I shall be at home in the daytime , '' he replied . `` Yes ... writing , '' she said bitterly .