four o'clock
`` Blind as a noontide owl , '' said Amos Green with emphasis . Madame de Montespan arched her eyebrows and glanced at her singular admirer . `` Your friend at least speaks that which he really feels , '' said she . `` At four o'clock to-day we shall see whether others are of the same mind ; and if they are , then it may be ill for those who mistook what was but a passing shadow for a lasting cloud . '' She cast another vindictive glance at the young guardsman , and rattled on once more upon her way . `` Come on ! '' cried De Catinat curtly , for his companion was staring open-mouthed after the carriage .