ten minutes after three o'clock in the morning
Hot stuff . '' ... `` Thanks , old man ! By ! '' * * * * * Another fifteen minutes was spent in long distance communication with Mr. Meyers , and it was ten minutes after three o'clock in the morning when Mr. Vandeford slipped into his chair beside his author in the little Atlantic City Theater , which Mr. Rooney had induced the old night watchman door-keeper to open up at the hour when all teeming Atlantic City is in the depths of repose . Mr. Rooney had with him the entire cast of `` The Purple Slipper , '' to whom he had just finished explaining the cause of their extraction from their well-earned repose . `` Most of the Sister Harriet scenes are with me , '' Miss Bébé Herne was saying , with efficient energy fairly radiating from her big body , clothed in a decorous tailor skirt , but with a boudoir jacket serving for blouse . Also two kid curlers showed at the nape of her neck .