three
o’clock
cried Mrs. Nickleby , with a sharp thin laugh , and one little cough at the end , like a note of admiration expressed . ` This is quite early for us . We used to keep such hours ! Twelve , one , two , three o'clock was nothing to us . Balls , dinners , card-parties ! Never were such rakes as the people about where we used to live . I often think now , I am sure , that how we ever could go through with it is quite astonishing , and that is just the evil of having a large connection and being a great deal sought after , which I would recommend all young married people steadily to resist ; though of course , and it 's perfectly clear , and a very happy thing too , I think , that very few young married people can be exposed to such temptations .