three o’clock
Geoffrey lay upon his back , watching the still patch of sunshine and listening to the ticking of the clock , as he passed all these and many other events in solemn review , till the series culminated in his vivid recollection of the scene of that very morning . `` I am sick of it , '' he said at last aloud , `` sick and tired . She makes my life wretched . If it was n't for Effie upon my word I 'd ... By Jove , it is three o'clock ; I will go and see Miss Granger . She 's a woman , not a female ghost at any rate , though she is a freethinker -- which , '' he added as he slowly struggled off the couch , `` is a very foolish thing to be . '' Very shakily , for he was sadly knocked about , Geoffrey hobbled down the long narrow room and through the door , which was ajar . The opposite door was also set half open .