about two o’clock
said he , ` I 've let them go at six hundred for the three ! ' I soon managed to get the address of the receiver who had them , on promising him that there would be no prosecution . Off I set to him , and after much chaffering I got our stones at £ 1000 apiece . Then I looked in upon your son , told him that all was right , and eventually got to my bed about two o'clock , after what I may call a really hard day 's work . '' `` A day which has saved England from a great public scandal , '' said the banker , rising . `` Sir , I can not find words to thank you , but you shall not find me ungrateful for what you have done . Your skill has indeed exceeded all that I have heard of it .