four o’clock
The last notion I dismissed almost as soon as I had conceived it , for not having seen any appearance of sensitiveness in any human face since my arrival in Belgium , I had begun to regard it almost as a fabulous quality . Whether her physiognomy announced it I could not tell , for her speedy exit had allowed me no time to ascertain the circumstance . I had , indeed , on two or three previous occasions , caught a passing view of her -LRB- as I believe has been mentioned before -RRB- ; but I had never stopped to scrutinize either her face or person , and had but the most vague idea of her general appearance . Just as I had finished rolling up the compositions , the four o'clock bell rang ; with my accustomed alertness in obeying that signal , I grasped my hat and evacuated the premises . IF I was punctual in quitting Mdlle . Reuter 's domicile , I was at least equally punctual in arriving there ; I came the next day at five minutes before two , and on reaching the schoolroom door , before I opened it , I heard a rapid , gabbling sound , which warned me that the `` priere du midi '' was not yet concluded . I waited the termination thereof ; it would have been impious to intrude my heretical presence during its progress .