two o'clock in the morning
He passed his hands rapidly through his hair . `` Cash I can not pay , '' he said ; `` but here is my I O U , and a check of my Uncle Lawrence 's in the morning ; for I have no account , you know . '' His voice was rough . It was two o'clock in the morning ; and the lonely woman he had left sat waiting and wondering : stealing to the front door and straining her eyes into the night : stealing softly back again to press her forehead against the window : and the quiet hopelessness of her face began to be pricked with terror . `` Good-night , gentlemen , '' said Abel , huskily and savagely . There was a laugh around the table at which he had been playing . `` Takes it hardly , now that he 's got money , '' said one of his old cronies .