nearly four o'clock
`` Oh , no , he wo n't ! '' she replied , with determination . The Madame Sennier spirit was upon her in full force . It was nearly four o'clock when they left the theater . Jacob Crayford , Mr. Mulworth and Jimber were still at work when they came out of the stage door into the cold blackness of the night and got into the taxi-cab . Alston said he would drive with them to the hotel and take the cab on to his rooms in Madison Avenue . But when they reached the hotel Claude asked him to come in .