one o'clock
As to making more cold , what of that ? I would willingly pay the penalty of a pretty severe cold rather than miss the ball . '' Against all her mother 's earnestly urged objections , Mary went with her lover to the ball . She came home , at one o'clock , with a sharp pain through her breast , red spots on her cheeks , oppression of the chest , and considerable fever . On the next morning she was unable to rise from her bed . When the doctor , who was sent for , came in , he looked grave , and asked if there had been any exposure by which a fresh cold could be taken . `` She was at the ball last night , '' replied the mother .