four o’clock in the
afternoon
The wall being low at that place , I shall perceive from afar , before entering , the white silk of your sun-umbrella . I am counting , you see , upon sunshine . How very childish ! Yet , even this is not strange ; I was born three months and a half ago ; I commenced to live July 5th of this year ; at four o'clock in the afternoon , in the cathedral at Chur . Forgive me all my errors , my suspicions , my childish absurdities . '' Mlle. Moriaz concluded that it would be well to shorten the term of waiting , and that she would ask Count Larinski to fix the date of their marriage himself . As to the contract , she had immediate occasion to speak of it to her father , who announced to her that he had invited his notary , Maitre Noirot , to dine with him the next day .