two in the morning
`` I fail to understand , '' remarked the burglar , `` how all this prolix account of your amours can possibly concern me . '' `` You are at least somewhat involved in the deplorable climax , '' Mr. Sheridan returned . `` For behold ! at two in the morning I discover the object of my adoration and the daughter of an estimable prelate , most calumniously clad and busily employed in rumpling my supply of cravats . If ever any lover was thrust into a more ambiguous position , madam , historians have touched on his dilemma with marked reticence . '' He saw -- and he admired -- the flush which mounted to his visitor 's brow . And then , `` I must concede that appearances are against me , Mr. Sheridan , '' the beautiful intruder said .