five o'clock in the
morning
I suppose I could n't have more thoroughly compromised you . Madame Brossard will never believe in your respectability again . '' `` Oh , yes , she will , '' said I. `` What ? A lodger who has ladies calling upon him at five o'clock in the morning ? But your bundle 's on your shoulder , '' she rattled on , laughing , `` though there 's many could be bolder , and perhaps you 'll let me walk a bit of the way with you , if you 're for the road . '' `` Perhaps I will , '' said I . She caught up her riding-skirt , fastening it by a clasp at her side , and we passed out through the archway and went slowly along the road bordering the forest , her horse following obediently at half-rein 's length .