1 A.M.
It does n't do to have servants suspect you of spying upon them , nor is it wise ever to appear flustered -- so mamma says -- in their presence . I avoided both by making Ellen believe I 'd come down to order an early breakfast . '' `` You are a great Bessie , '' said Thaddeus , with a laugh . `` I admire you more than ever , my dear , and to prove it I 'd get up to breakfast if you 'd ordered it at 1 A.M. '' `` You 'd be more likely to stay up to it , '' said Bessie , `` and then go to bed after it . '' `` There 's your Napoleonic mind again , '' said Thaddeus . `` I should never have thought of that way out of it . But , Bess , '' he continued , `` when I was praising to-night 's dinner I had a special object in view .