the hour
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There are various combinations of reasons that prevent his slumber . Mr. Godfrey Vandeford was still awake when Mr. Dennis Farraday let himself into his apartment with a key that had been presented to him five years before when Mr. Vandeford had installed his Lares and Penates in the tall building on Seventy-third Street , some of these Lares and Penates being Mr. Farraday 's extra linen and clothes . `` That you , Denny ? '' Mr. Vandeford asked as he switched on his light and took a hurried glance at a clock on his mantel which registered the hour of 2 A. M. `` Yes , '' answered Mr. Farraday , as he came to the door of Mr. Vandeford 's sleeping apartment . `` A thought suddenly struck me , and I stopped in to explode it at you and sleep here . '' `` Fire away ! '' `` My mater is coming to town the first of the week to have her glasses changed , and I 'm going to telephone out to her to-morrow and ask her to write Miss Adair to have dinner with us informally at the town house while she is here .