about two in the morning
There is a Cossack jingle : `` To those who befriend our friends Our duty never ends . '' Ilse Dumont bent low over the purring cat in her lap ; the Princess watched her askance from moment to moment , and Neeland furtively noted the contrast between these women -- one in rags and haggard disorder ; the other so trim , pretty , and fresh in her morning walking suit . `` James , '' she said abruptly , `` we 've had a most horrid night , Ruhannah and I . The child waited up for you , it seems -- I thought she 'd gone to bed -- and she came to my room about two in the morning -- the little goose -- as though men did n't stay out all night ! '' `` I 'm terribly sorry , '' he said contritely . `` You ought to be ... . And Ruhannah was so disturbed that I put on something and got out of bed .