three in the morning
Yes , ' replied Sir John , ` he will certainly be caught -- probably when he commits his next crime . A whole army of bloodhounds , metaphorical and literal , will be on his track the moment he draws blood again . With the whole community against him , he can not escape , especially when it be remembered that he chooses the quietest hour in the twenty-four to commit his crimes . '' ` Londoners are now in such a state of nerves -- if I may use the expression , in such a state of funk -- that every passer-by , however innocent , is looked at with suspicion by his neighbour if his avocation happens to take him abroad between the hours of one and three in the morning . ' `` I 'd like to gag that ex-Lord Mayor ! '' concluded Joe Chandler wrathfully . Just then the lodger 's bell rang .