two in the morning
`` Bless yer ! '' she replied . Assisted by her friend , who was evidently enormously impressed by Irene 's intimacy with me , she gave me a good deal of miscellaneous information , as that William 's real name was Mr. Hicking , but that he was known in their street , because of the number of his shirts , as Toff Hicking . That the street held he should get away from the club before two in the morning , for his missus needed him more than the club needed him . That William replied -LRB- very sensibly -RRB- that if the club was short of waiters at supper-time some of the gentlemen might be kept waiting for their marrow-bone . That he sat up with his missus most of the night , and pretended to her that he got some nice long naps at the club . That what she talked to him about mostly was the kid .