two o'clock
If it be accompanied by a sentence of exile from France it matters not , so that he is freed . You can then return here , and I will gladly fly with you to join him in Scotland . '' Malcolm now rose from his seat and left mother and son half an hour together . When two o'clock struck he returned to them . `` There is the signal , '' the countess said , rising , `` and now we must part . '' She had already refused to accede to Ronald 's entreaty that she would meet him there again . `` No , my son , we have been permitted to meet this once , but we must not tempt fortune again .