three o'clock in the morning
`` Why do n't you add the hour , too , '' he urged half-plaintively , though he smiled . `` Well , it was three o'clock in the morning to the minute , '' she answered . `` Old Father Time ought to make you his chief of staff , '' he remarked gaily . `` Now , I want to know , '' he added , with a visible effort of determination , `` what has happened since three o'clock in the morning , six weeks and three days ago . I want you to tell me what has happened to my concerns -- to the railways , and also to the towns . I do n't want you to hide anything , because , if you do , I 'll have Jim in , and Jim , under proper control , will tell me the whole truth , and perhaps more than the truth . That 's the way with Jim .