one o'clock in the morning
`` Poor Freddy , '' returned Mrs. Coleman affectionately , `` did he send any message by you , to say when he is coming home again ? We shall have some good news for him , I hope -- for he was always very fond of his cousin Lucy . '' `` Family affection is a fine thing , ma'am , '' said Lawless , winking at me , `` and ought to be encouraged at any price , eh ? '' `` Very true , Mr. Lawlegh , very true ; and I am glad to find you think so , instead of living at those nasty clubs all day , turning out wild , smoking cigars like a German student , and breaking your mother 's heart with a latchkey , at one o'clock in the morning , afterwards , when you ought to have been in bed and asleep for the last three hours . Good-bye , and God bless you . '' The six concluding words of Mrs. Coleman 's not ~ 430 ~ ~ over-perspicuous speech were addressed to Mr. Lowe Brown , who rose to take leave . This gentleman -LRB- for such I presume one is bound to designate him , however little appearance might warrant such an appellation -RRB- was a snort , stout , not to say fat personage , with an unmeaning pink and white face , and a smug self-satisfied manner and look , which involuntarily reminded one of a sleek and well-conditioned tom-cat .