about one o'clock in
the morning
`` I can tell you something which may put you on the right track . '' `` That 'll do for a start . Well ? '' `` Well , the chap who told me -- I 'll call him A. ; I 'm going to make an A.B. case of it -- was coming out of his study at about one o'clock in the morning -- '' `` What the deuce was he doing that for ? '' `` Because he wanted to go back to bed , '' said Barry . `` About time , too . Well ? ''