three o'clock
`` People say that for two or three nights running men have been playing cards at Hap House till morning . '' `` Yes , I had some men there for a week . I could not take their candles away , and put them to bed ; could I , Lady Desmond ? '' `` And there were late suppers , and drinking of toasts , and headaches in the morning , and breakfast at three o'clock , and gentlemen with very pale faces when they appeared rather late at the meet -- eh , Mr. Fitzgerald ? '' And she held up one finger at him , as she upbraided him with a smile . The smile was so sweet , so unlike her usual look ; that , to tell the truth , was often too sad and careworn for her age . `` Such things do happen , Lady Desmond . ''