three minutes past four
` Madame , what o'clock is it ? Is it evening ? ' I cried with my hand to my forehead , like a person puzzled . ` Two three minutes past four . It had five minutes to four when I came upstairs , ' answered she , without interrupting her examination of a piece of darned lace which she was holding close to her eyes at the window . ` Oh , Madame ! _ Madame !