three
o'clock in the afternoon
Albert felt confused . `` Were not my reasons satisfactory ? '' said he : `` is there any thing more you wish to know , and which you may think mysterious ? '' `` There is nothing exactly mysterious ; but you should have decided upon your line of action beforehand , for if you do not wish to be noticed , you ought not to conduct yourself at balls as if you were afflicted with St. Vitus ' dance , nor visit a couple of pretty girls at three o'clock in the afternoon . Yes , yes , my son , I know many things , '' he added , whilst he good-naturedly threatened with his finger : `` I know also that that impetuous heart of yours beats for Würtemberg . '' Albert blushed ; and would gladly have avoided the piercing look of the knight . `` Beats for Würtemberg ? ''