about three o'clock
` You shall see him , ' she said , ` of course on the strict condition that you do not reveal yourself , and hence , though you see him , he must not see you , or your manner might betray you and me . I will lull him into a nap in the afternoon , and then I will come to you here , and fetch you indoors by a private way . ' The unfortunate father , whose misdemeanour had recoiled upon his own head in a way he could not have foreseen , promised to adhere to her instructions , and waited in the shrubberies till the moment when she should call him . This she duly did about three o'clock that day , leading him in by a garden door , and upstairs to the nursery where the child lay . He was in his little cot , breathing calmly , his arm thrown over his head , and his silken curls crushed into the pillow . His father , now almost to be pitied , bent over him , and a tear from his eye wetted the coverlet . She held up a warning finger as he lowered his mouth to the lips of the boy .