one o'clock
But he loved her , loved her : all the dead weight of his physical craving for her was on him again , confounding , overmastering . None the less , she had left him ; she had no need for him ; and the hours would come , oftener and oftener , when she could do without him , when , as now , she voluntarily sought the company of other men . The thought suffocated him ; he rose to his feet , and hastened out of the house . A little before one o'clock , he was stationed opposite the sideentrance to the HOTEL DE PRUSSE . He had a long time to wait . As two o'clock approached , small batches of people emerged , at first at intervals , then more and more frequently . Among the last were Herries and Louise .