three o'clock
Why should they not start that very night ? There was a train that left Paris at seven , he knew ; in three days they might be on the shores of the Adriatic . * * * * * Clarissa left the Rue de Morny at three o'clock that day . She had a round of calls to make , and for that reason had postponed her visit to her brother 's painting-room to a later hour than usual . The solemn dinner , which she shared with Miss Granger in stately solitude , took place at half-past seven , until which hour she considered her time at her own disposal . Sophia spent that particular afternoon at home , illuminating the new gothic texts for her schoolrooms at Arden .