two o’clock in
the morning
`` Yes , '' she said simply . We left Rambaugh 's apartment together and I handed Martha into my car and took off . It struck me as we were driving that mental sensitivity was a good thing in spite of its limitations . A woman without mental training might have every right to object to visiting a bachelor apartment at two o'clock in the morning . But I had no firm plans for playing up to Martha Franklin ; I really wanted to talk this mess out and get it squared away . This she could read , so I was saved the almost-impossible task of trying to convince an attractive woman that I really had no designs upon her beautiful white body . I was not at all cold to the idea , but Martha did not seem to be the pushover type .