about four o'clock
If you succeed in restoring altogether this dear creature to my arms , I should think myself happy in spilling the last drop of my blood in your service . ' `` Before we parted , we agreed as to the time and place for our meeting . He was so considerate as to appoint the afternoon of the same day . `` I waited for him at a cafe , where he joined me about four o'clock , and we went together towards the Magdalen ; my knees trembled under me as I crossed the courts . ` Ye heavenly powers ! ' said I , ` then I shall once more behold the idol of my heart -- the dear object of so many sighs and lamentations ! All I now ask of Providence is , to vouchsafe me strength enough to reach her presence , and after that , to dispose as it pleaseth of my future fate , and of my life itself .