five minutes past
three
Besides , what use in ringing for a man if she could not speak to him through the door ? She must wait for Jacqueline . At six o'clock every morning , summer and winter , Jacqueline entered her mistress 's bedroom to release the dog for a moment 's airing under her own supervision . The clock on the mantelpiece showed five minutes past three . She had three hours to wait . Fossette pattered across the room , and sprang on to the bed and nestled down . Sophia ignored her , but Fossette , being herself unwell and torpid , did not seem to care .