one o'clock
I do n't think it was practicable . ` Dear child , how late it is ! ' exclaimed Lady Knollys suddenly , looking at the Louis Quatorze clock , that crowned the mantelpiece . It was near one o'clock . The storm had a little subsided , and I took a less agitated and more confident view of Uncle Silas than I had at an earlier hour of that evening . ` And what do you think of him ? ' I asked .