one o'clock in the morning
`` I simply meant , that I was not at all anxious although you were late , and that I did not find fault with you for it . '' She , however , took the high hand , and tried to find a pretext for a quarrel . `` Although I was late ? ... One might really think that it was one o'clock in the morning , and that I spent my nights away from home . '' `` Certainly not , my dear . I said _ late _ , because I could find no other word . You said you should be back at half past six , and you returned at half past eight .