four o'clock in
the morning
_ -LSB- Illustration : `` I SHALL KEEP SHOVING YOU FOR EXACTLY ONE YEAR '' -RSB- `` You wait and see ! '' said I , rushing angrily from the room . It was a very weak retort , and I frankly admit that I am ashamed of it , but it was the best I had at hand at the moment . My stock of repartee , like most men 's vitality , is at its lowest ebb at four o'clock in the morning . For three or four hours I wandered aimlessly about the city , and then returned to my room , and found it deserted ; but in the course of my peregrinations I had acquired a most consuming appetite . Usually I eat very little breakfast , but this morning nothing short of a sixteen-course dinner could satisfy my ravening ; so instead of eating my modest boiled egg , I sought the Savoy , and at nine o'clock entered the breakfast-room of that highly favored caravansary . Imagine my delight , upon entering , to see , sitting near one of the windows , my newly made acquaintances of the steamer , the Travises of Boston , Miss Travis looking more beautiful than ever and quite as haughty , by whom I was invited to join them .