three in the morning
hear ! '' -RRB- Think what it means , gentlemen . It means going round the world in a week . When I was last in England I met a man at a hotel who kept me up till three in the morning proving to me that the earth is flat . I 'll give Mr. Smith his address , and when he gets home he can go and prove to him that _ he 's _ a flat . -LRB- Laughter . -RRB- You remember in a play of Shakespeare there 's a little chap that says he 'll put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes .