three in the morning
There the _ tresillo _ lasted till eight o'clock . Then home to supper . At nine he repaired to Don Pedro Quiñone 's house to spend an hour or two in the same sort of way , and if he did not go there , he went to Don Juan Estrada-Rosa 's for the same thing ; and at twelve to the Casino , where a few night-birds met for a game of _ monte _ , or lottery . Finally Jaime Moro retired to rest at two or three in the morning , quite tired out with such a hard day 's work , to wake to another exactly the same . It must not be thought that he was a covetous young man , for the whole town knew , and lauded his liberality . He was not incited to play by a passion for gain , but by a devotion to the pastime , which extinguished all better feelings . His was an excessively active temperament , without the intelligence or the wish for any serious aim in life .