three o'clock
He `` had his reasons , '' forsooth ! However , it was not my business . -LSB- Illustration : `` LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW I SAW HIM IN CONVERSATION '' . -RSB- It must have been after three o'clock by the time I fell asleep in a queer little room where you had but to sit up in bed and stretch out your arm to reach anything you wanted . I dreamed of journeying through the night with the Boy , but I forgot his lost bag : nor when I waked in full morning light , did I recall its tragic disappearance . I found that it was nearly eight , and bounded out of bed , performing my toilet with maimed rites , since baths were not _ comme il faut _ at Orsières . `` The kid will be asleep still , I 'll bet , '' I said to myself ; but looking out of the window at that moment , I saw him in conversation with Joseph , Innocentina , and -- apparently -- half the inhabitants of the village .