Three o'clock
It seemed very improbable , but she did not dispute it . `` What time is it ? '' she asked , as she suffered herself to be lifted from the carriage into the keen air of the winter night . `` Three o'clock , '' said the colonel , hurrying her into the waiting-room , where she sat , still somewhat remote from herself but getting nearer and nearer , while he went off about the baggage . `` Now , then ! '' he cried cheerfully when he returned ; and he led his wife out and put her into a _ fiacre _ . The driver bent from his perch and arrested the colonel , as he was getting in after Mrs. Kenton , with words in themselves unintelligible , but so probably in demand for neglected instructions that the colonel said , `` Oh !