one o'clock in the morning
The marchioness turned toward Saint Rémy , and answered , with sadness , `` She has no longer a mother , my lord . '' `` Dead ! '' `` I only learned last night , on my return , the address of Madame de Fermont , and her alarming situation . At one o'clock in the morning I was with her , accompanied by my physician . Oh ! sir , what a picture ! poverty in all its horrors -- and no hope of saving the expiring mother ! ''