two o'clock before
cried Gourou , divining at last . `` By jove ! '' And thus was the jovian circle completed . It was two o'clock before the three gentlemen separated and retired to rest , each fully convinced that the situation was even more complicated than before , for in view of this new and most convincing revelation there now could be no adequate defence against the alluring Miss Guile . Robin was informed bright and early the next morning . In fact , he was still in his pajamas when the news was carried to him by the exhausted Dank , who had spent five hours in bed but none in slumber . Never in all his ardent career had the smart lieutenant been so bitterly afflicted with love-sickness as now .