two o'clock in the morning
Such is man ! Such is the terrible egoism of man ! And thus it was that , for the sake of wounded pride , John and Robert not only did not speak to one another for ten years , but they spoilt at least one of their lives ; and they behaved ignobly to Annie , who would certainly have married either one or the other of them . At two o'clock in the morning John pulled a coin out of his pocket and made the gesture of tossing . ` Who shall go first ! ' he explained . Robert had a queer sensation in his spine as his elder brother spoke to him for the first time in ten years .