six in the morning
Stiggins ' words , ` The piece never did , and never will draw money , ' were evidently present in everybody 's mind . They were visible in Ford 's face , and more than once Hubert expected to hear that -- on account of severe indisposition -- Mr. Montague Ford has been obliged to indefinitely postpone his contemplated revival of Mr. Hubert Price 's play _ Divorce _ . But , besides the apprehension that Stiggins ' unfavourable opinion of his enterprise had engendered in him , Ford was obviously provoked by Hubert 's reluctance to execute the alterations he had suggested . Night after night , sometimes until six in the morning , Hubert sat up considering them . Thanks to Ford 's timely advance he was back in his old rooms in Fitzroy Street . All was as it had been . He was working at his play every evening , waiting for Rose 's footsteps on the stairs .