two o'clock in
the morning
You are a lucky fellow ; but this time your luck has lost you fame . '' `` And how did you get away at last ? '' asked Sir Rowland , fully convinced that L'Isle had been a prisoner , under lock , bolt and bar . The earth-stains on L'Isle 's clothes might have testified that he had gotten a bad fall in jumping out of a lady 's window , at two o'clock in the morning . But this is a scandalous world . L'Isle remembered Bradshawe , without looking at him , and evaded the question . `` I found old Moodie , lantern in hand , at the open gate , looking as if he had drank nothing but vinegar in a month , the picture of sour sobriety ! ''