nearly three o’clock
Frozen with terror , she fell back upon her pillow as she recognized her husband . Then she remembered everything , even the slightest details of the scene in the small parlor . She felt ready to faint again when she heard Christian 's steps upon the carpet , although he walked with great precaution . The Baron looked at her a moment , and then , opening the bed-curtains , he said : `` You can not pass the night thus , it is nearly three o'clock . You must go to bed as usual . '' Clemence shivered at these words , whose accent , however , was not hard . She obeyed mechanically ; but she had hardly risen when she was obliged to recline upon the bed , for her trembling limbs would not support her .