three o'clock
Larry hesitated before he ventured upon another matter he had long considered . `` Excuse my saying it , Dick . But a man who 's trying to do as much in a business way as you are , particularly since it 's plain speculation , ca n't afford to go to after-theater shows three times a week and to late suppers the other four nights . Two and three o'clock is no bedtime hour for a business man . And that boot-legged booze you drink when you 're out does n't help you any . I know you think I 'm talking like a fossilized grand-aunt -- but all the same , it 's the straight stuff I 'm handing you . '' `` Of course it 's straight stuff -- and you 're perfectly all right , Captain Nemo . ''