four in the morning
`` Then I wo n't , '' said Marie firmly . Upon this he shook her till she cried , and calling for Madame Melmotte desired his wife not to let the girl for one minute out of her presence . The condition of Sir Felix was I think worse than that of the lady with whom he was to have run away . He had played at the Beargarden till four in the morning and had then left the club , on the breaking-up of the card-table , intoxicated and almost penniless . During the last half hour he had made himself very unpleasant at the club , saying all manner of harsh things of Miles Grendall ; -- of whom , indeed , it was almost impossible to say things too hard , had they been said in a proper form and at a proper time . He declared that Grendall would not pay his debts , that he had cheated when playing loo , -- as to which Sir Felix appealed to Dolly Longestaffe ; and he ended by asserting that Grendall ought to be turned out of the club . They had a desperate row .