five o'clock in the
morning
`` I honestly confess the charms of that eldest Miss Millbanks have completely used me up . Too much of a good thing is good for nothing ; and she _ is _ tall . Do none of the rest of you feel fatigue ? I know women 's passion for conquest is not easily satiated , '' -- with a slight sneer -- `` but at five o'clock in the morning one might surely call a truce . '' They agree with him , and separate , even the tardiest guest having disappeared by this time , with a last assurance of how intensely they have enjoyed their evening ; though when they reach their chambers a few of them give way to such despair and disappointment as rather gives the lie to their expressions of pleasure . Poor Molly , in spite of her false gayety , -- put on to mask the wounded pride , the new sensation of blankness that fills her with dismay , -- flings herself upon her bed and cries away all the remaining hours that rest between her and her maid 's morning visit . `` Alas !