four o'clock
However , the sick girl went on : `` No , no , I am no worse , I am waiting . Only , you must surely see , madame , that there is no need for me to go to the Grotto this morning , since the appointment which she gave me is for four o'clock . '' And then the girl added in a lower tone : `` Pierre will come for me at half-past three . At four o'clock I shall be cured . '' The sunbeam slowly made its way up her bare arms , which were now almost transparent , so wasted had they become through illness ; whilst her glorious fair hair , which had fallen over her shoulders , seemed like the very effulgence of the great luminary enveloping her . The trill of a bird came in from the courtyard , and quite enlivened the tremulous silence of the ward . Some child who could not be seen must also have been playing close by , for now and again a soft laugh could be heard ascending in the warm air which was so delightfully calm .