one o'clock
I did not understand her speech . I stood and watched her carriage as it whirled away . Thinking of my great need for haste , mechanically I looked at my watch . It was one o'clock . Then I reflected that it was at eleven of the night previous that I had first met the Baroness von Ritz . Our acquaintance had therefore lasted some fourteen hours . Most women will forgive a liberty , rather than a slight .