three in the morning
Gee , he 's de guy ! Tell him about de bank you opened , an ' de jools you swiped from de duchess , an ' de what-d'ye-call-it blow-pipe . '' It seemed to Jimmy that Spike was showing a certain want of tact . When you are discovered by a householder -- with revolver -- in his parlor at half-past three in the morning , it is surely an injudicious move to lay stress on your proficiency as a burglar . The householder may be supposed to take that for granted . The side of your character that should be advertised in such a crisis is the non-burglarious . Allusion should be made to the fact that , as a child , you attended Sunday school regularly , and to what the minister said when you took the divinity prize .