one o'clock in the morning
They felt as if they ought to treat him nicely , he being a newcomer and all of them being very familiar with the ropes ; and Emmons , the class president , started explaining to him that it was all a mistake . Scroggs bit him off with a voice that sounded like a terrier snapping at a fly . `` We 're here to correct these mistakes , '' he said . `` You were all singing on the public street at one o'clock in the morning , were n't you ? '' `` We were trying to , '' said Emmons , still friendly . `` Ten days apiece , '' said the magistrate . `` Call the next case . ''