three o'clock in the morning
`` Is it a spalpeen like that you would trust with the handling of good wine ? I would as soon set a cat to bottle milk . '' `` He is young for it , yet , '' Mr. Bale agreed . `` But when a boy amuses himself by breaking out of school at three o'clock in the morning , and fighting burglars , what are you to do with him ? '' `` I should give him a medal , for his pluck , Mr. Bale ; and let him do something where he would have a chance of showing his spirit . '' `` And make him as wild and harum-scarum as you are , yourself , O'Halloran ; and then expect him to turn out a respectable merchant , afterwards ? I am sure I do n't wish to be troubled with him , till he has got rid of what you call his spirits ; but what are you to do with such a pickle as this ?