two in the morning
It was then probably two P.M. of the 9th of February , and they played with varying chances for twelve hours , slept heavily , and rose late on the morrow to resume the game . All day on the 10th , with grudging intervals for food , and with one long absence on the part of Tommy , from which he returned dripping with the case of sherry , they continued to deal and stake . Night fell ; they drew the closer to the fire . It was maybe two in the morning , and Tommy was selling his deal by auction , as usual with that timid player , when Carthew , who did n't intend to bid , had a moment of leisure and looked round him . He beheld the moonlight on the sea , the money piled and scattered in that incongruous place , the perturbed faces of the players . He felt in his own breast the familiar tumult ; and it seemed as if there rose in his ears a sound of music , and the moon seemed still to shine upon a sea , but the sea was changed , and the Casino towered from among lamp-lit gardens , and the money clinked on the green board . `` Good God ! ''