three
o'clock in the morning
Having arrived at what seemed a sufficiently remote part of America , Jimmy paid the driver , who took the money with that magnificently aloof air which characterizes the taxi-chauffeur . A lesser man might have displayed some curiosity about the ill-matched pair . The chauffeur , having lighted a cigarette , drove off without any display of interest whatsoever . It might have been part of his ordinary duties to drive gentlemen in evening clothes and shock-headed youths in parti-colored sweaters about the city at three o'clock in the morning . `` We will now , '' said Jimmy , `` stroll on and prospect . It is up to you , Spike . Did n't you say something about knowing a suitable house somewhere ?