about 10 o'clock at night
The writer will therefore , if wise , abandon his attentions and intentions . If I receive any more of his `` consolatory letters '' I shall look up Robert Chalmers with detectives . Respectfully , IRENAEUS TARPION , M. D. It is about 10 o'clock at night in the office of the great newspaper . The night editor sits at his desk reading the latest exchanges . The telegraph editor labors under a bright yellow light , secured by the use of a vast expanse of yellow paper . The assistant telegraph editor is groaning over a fraudulent dispatch from a correspondent whose repute is the worst .