four in the morning
`` My countrymen , '' said Obenreizer , with that light touch of his friend 's elbows by way of Good-Night and benediction , `` I suppose are like the majority of men . And the majority of men will take what they can get . Adieu ! At four in the morning . '' `` Adieu ! At four . '' Left to himself , Vendale raked the logs together , sprinkled over them the white wood-ashes lying on the hearth , and sat down to compose his thoughts .