three in the morning
And could it be less hateful to his daughter , to Irene ? The days passed . A pleasant surprise broke the monotony of work and worry when , one afternoon , the office-boy handed in a card bearing the name Korolevitch . The Russian was spending a week in London , and Otway saw him several times ; on one occasion they sat talking together till three in the morning . To Piers this intercourse brought vast mental relief , and gave him an intellectual impulse of which he had serious need in his life of solitude , ever tending to despondency . Korolevitch , on leaving England , volunteered to call upon Moncharmont at Odessa . He had wool to sell , and why not sell it to his friends ?