two in the morning
`` Ah ! madame , '' replied the doctor , `` I have some appalling stories in my collection . But each one has its proper hour in a conversation -- you know the pretty jest recorded by Chamfort , and said to the Duc de Fronsac : ` Between your sally and the present moment lie ten bottles of champagne . ''' `` But it is two in the morning , and the story of Rosina has prepared us , '' said the mistress of the house . `` Tell us , Monsieur Bianchon ! '' was the cry on every side . The obliging doctor bowed , and silence reigned .