eleven o'clock
There he stopped , and turned the conversation to general topics . Never had Dieppe 's politeness been subjected to such a strain . No relief was granted to him . The Count talked freely and well on a variety of questions till eleven o'clock , and then proposed to show his guest to his bedroom . Dieppe accepted the offer in despair , but he would have sat up all night had there seemed any chance of the Count 's becoming more explicit . The Cardinal 's Room was a large apartment situated on the upper floor -LRB- there were but two -RRB- , about the middle of the house ; its windows looked across the river , which rippled pleasantly in the quiet of the night when Dieppe flung up the sash and put his head out . He turned first to the left .