about five
o'clock in the morning
`` Wait till I tell you -- You must be sure and not breathe a word , even to your mother ; you wo n't , will you ? '' `` Fan , you make me mad ! Did n't I just say I would n't ? '' `` Well , then ; he went with _ her _ in the auto ; they started about five o'clock in the morning , and Jim did n't get home till after twelve that night . '' Ellen laughed , with studied indifference . `` Pity they could n't have asked us to go along , '' she said . `` I 'm sure the car 's plenty big enough . ''