three o'clock in the morning
`` Oh , no indeed , '' said the Dormouse . `` We keep reserves for Bridge Parties at the Station all the time , so that if any taxpayer ever needs a fourth hand to make up a game all he has to do is to ring up headquarters and get an ossifer to come up and play . In addition to this we look after old ladies who want to go shopping and are n't strong enough to break through the rush line at the bargain counters . And then once in a while somebody 's baby will wake up at three o'clock in the morning and demand the moon , and we go up and attend to it . '' `` What ? '' cried Alice in amazement . `` You do n't mean to say you give it the moon ? ''