three o'clock
You ca n't see them . '' `` And Madame ? '' `` She 's asleep . No one enters her room before three o'clock . '' That seemed to surprise the good woman a little , that any one could stay in bed so late ; but the sure instinct which , in default of education , acts as a guide to intelligent natures , prevented her from saying so to the servants , and she at once asked to speak to Paul de Géry . `` He is travelling . '' `` Bompain Jean-Baptiste then ? ''