four o'clock
`` Very well ; we will come to-morrow . '' There was every reason , for Lucy 's sake , why Hugh should come , and in my heart I longed to see him again before I determined on my own course of action . It was a pleasing thought , too , that I should see him comforting one to whom it would mean so much . The morrow was a long day for both of us , and at four o'clock , just as it was growing dusk , I sate by her bed , listening anxiously to every footfall in the corridor , until at last I caught Angélique 's light step , followed by a firmer tread , which I recognised at once . It would be hard to tell whether Lucy or I was the more excited . `` Be calm , Lucy , '' I whispered , laying a trembling hand on hers ; and I drew my chair up to the head of the bed , so that I was completely hidden by its white curtain . `` Lucie , '' said Angélique , on entering , `` I have brought my friend .