four o'clock in the morning
`` I should think I am not so easily compromised . '' `` Gad ! '' Dan ejaculated , `` I do n't know what you call easily compromised ! A man takes you home from a theatre , and stays with you alone till four o'clock in the morning ; if that is n't compromising I do n't know what is . No jury in the world would acquit you , and the fellow knows that perfectly well , and is holding his tongue to screen you . '' `` I should think it 's a great deal more likely he 's holding his tongue in order to get the credit of it , '' Beth observed drily . `` It is a mere pose .