two in the morning
-- _ Second Prologue to The Rivals _ . The devotion of Mr. Sheridan to the Dean of Winchester 's daughter , Miss Esther Jane Ogle -- or `` the irresistible Ogle , '' as she was toasted at the Kit-cat -- was now a circumstance to be assumed in the polite world of London . As a result , when the parliamentarian followed her into Scotland , in the spring of 1795 , people only shrugged . `` Because it proves that misery loves company , '' was Mr. Fox 's observation at Wattier 's , hard upon two in the morning . `` Poor Sherry , as an inconsolable widower , must naturally have some one to share his grief . He perfectly comprehends that no one will lament the death of his wife more fervently than her successor . '' In London Mr. Fox thus worded his interpretation of the matter ; and spoke , oddly enough , at the very moment that in Edinburgh Mr. Sheridan returned to his lodgings in Abercromby Place , deep in the reminiscences of a fortunate evening at cards .