about three o’clock
`` Is he alone with Mademoiselle ? '' `` He asked for Mademoiselle only . I introduced him into the salon , and Mademoiselle , after conversing a little while with Madame , consented to receive him . They have been alone together , as I have told Monsieur , since about three o'clock . Madame is in her own apartment . The position of Monsieur , '' added this discriminating woman , `` certainly justifies him in entering the salon . '' Bernard was quite of this opinion , and in a moment more he had crossed the threshold of the little drawing-room and closed the door behind him .