about three o'clock
He felt somehow certain that she was not there . And suddenly he came away , passing the little salon down the stairs . He stopped at the bureau and said : `` Will you kindly see that Mrs. Heron has this note ? '' `` Madame Heron left to-day , Monsieur -- suddenly , about three o'clock . There was illness in her family . '' Soames compressed his lips . `` Oh ! ''