about three o'clock
`` Pray , monseigneur , inform the prince that I equally regret his absence , for I am always delighted to know any of my father 's friends . '' I had not until then heard the princess 's voice , and I was struck with its intense sweetness . `` I hope , my dear Henry , you will stay some time with your aunt , '' said the grand duke . `` Come and see us often about three o'clock _ en famille _ ; and if we ride out you must accompany us . You know how great an affection I have always felt for you , for your noble qualities . '' `` I can not express my gratitude for your royal highness 's kindness . '' `` Well , to prove it , '' said the grand duke , smiling , `` engage your cousin for the second quadrille ; the first belongs to the archduke . ''