two o'clock in
the morning
But his face , when he turned it toward the stars as he crossed the tiny patch of a flower-bordered yard , was a contented one . `` It pays up all the arrears when you can leave a chunk of happiness behind you as big as that one , '' he said to himself . Johnny Caruthers had gone home by trolley long ago , and Miss Mathewson was to remain for the night and return with the doctor when he came for his morning after-visit . Burns sent the Green Imp off at a moderate pace , musing as he drove through the now moderated and refreshing air of two o'clock in the morning . `` Party must be about over by now ; think it 'll adjourn without seeing any more of Red Pepper and his misused dress clothes , '' he reflected . `` I suppose those dancing puppets think they 've had a good time , but it is n't in it with mine . Bless the little woman : she 's happy over her first boy !