three in the morning
`` Silence , '' she said ; `` we have plenty to talk over before the hour arrives for me to be a door-mat . I _ wo n't _ be a door-mat when I 'm trying to be happy over a perfectly good supper ! ... Besides I want to torture you while there 's still time . I want to make you miserable by reminding you how disgracefully unmoral we are , here in your studio together at three in the morning -- '' She stretched out a slim , white ringless hand , and lifted the third finger for his inspection : `` Not a sign of a ring ! Shame ! '' She turned her pretty , daring face to his , eyes sparkling with audacity : `` Besides , I 'm not going back to-night . '' He said tranquilly : `` I should think not . ''