Three o'clock
Her days passed like an Arabian dream . She never had an unfilled moment , and when each day was over she always remembered little things which she had meant to do and had not found time to do . She was a superb sleeper , and arose at noon . Three o'clock usually struck before her day had fairly begun -- unless , of course , she happened to be very busy , in which case she would be ready for contact with the world at the lunch-hour . Her main occupation was to charm , allure , and gratify a man ; for that she lived . Her distractions were music , the reading of novels , _ Le Journal _ , and _ Les Grandes Modes _ . And for the war she knitted .