two
o'clock in the morning
`` A pretty large measure of forgetfulness ! '' `` I should n't say that a mortal sin has been committed ; a venial one ... . If he intended to be married -- '' `` Oh , my dear uncle , we shall be late , we shall be late ! '' Father Stafford repressed the smile that gathered in the corner of his lips , and he remembered how Father Tom had kept him out of bed till two o'clock in the morning , talking to him about St. Thomas Aquinas . `` If they 're to be married to-day we must be getting on . '' And Father Maguire 's stride grew more impatient . `` I 'll walk on in front . ''