four o'clock
`` You forget yourself , madame . I beg that you will leave the room . '' `` I must first remind your Majesty that I was so far honoured as to have an appointment this afternoon . At four o'clock I had your royal promise that you would come to me . I can not doubt that your Majesty will keep that promise in spite of the fascinations which you may find here . '' `` I should have come , madame , but the clock , as you may observe , is half an hour slow , and the time had passed before I was aware of it . '' I beg , sire , that you will not let that distress you .