four o'clock
There was bad news from the office . The morning 's edition of the _ Sunrise _ had been confiscated by the police owing to the article on the King 's speech and procession . The proprietors of the paper were angry with their editor , and demanded to see him immediately . `` Tell them I 'll be at the office at four o'clock , as usual , '' said Rossi , and he sat down to write a letter . It was to Roma . The moment he took up the pen to write to her the air of the room seemed to fill with a sweet feminine presence that banished everything else . It was like talking to her .