four o'clock in the morning
I could n't stand it ! '' Yes , that is what I said . It was utterly shameless , of course , and no properly-behaved young woman would ever have said it . But no properly-behaved young woman would have kidnapped a Prime Minister , anyhow , and sat in a strange house while her hostess was asleep , drinking tea at four o'clock in the morning . When I stood up _ he _ stood up , too , and looked down at me . `` It is worth while having been a brute and a villain , '' he said soberly , `` to hear that . I am not under arrest or going to be .