four o'clock in the morning
What is the use of playing this farce ? '' `` Well , '' he cried , laughing , `` your answer shows that we are really alone and need no mask . Good-day , then , Leonore , or rather good-morning , for , as I see , you are still in your dressing-gown and probably have just risen from your couch . '' `` It was four o'clock in the morning when the guests departed and I could go to rest , '' she said , still retaining her recumbent attitude . `` It is true , the entertainment lasted a very long time , '' he cried , dropping unceremoniously into the armchair which stood beside the divan . `` Moreover , it is true that you were an admirable hostess and understood how to do the honors of your house most perfectly . The gentlemen were all completely bewitched by you , and , in my character of your uncle and social guide , I received more clasps of the hand and embraces than ever before in my whole life . ''