7:01
It was 9:55 . `` Not quite three hours ago , your lordship . '' `` At what time , precisely ? '' `` I rapped on the door precisely at seven , and went in a minute or two later -- say 7:01 or 7:02 . '' `` How do you know the time so exactly ? '' `` My lord the Count , '' said Sir Pierre with some stiffness , `` insisted upon exact punctuality . I have formed the habit of referring to my watch regularly . ''