three
o’clock
It was not light enough to perceive more . `` My curiosity was raised . Doubtless a rendezvous of a pair of lovers -- but in such a place , and at so unusual an hour ! It was scarcely three o'clock , and everything was still veiled in dusky twilight . The incident seemed to me novel and proper for a romance , and I waited to see the end . `` I soon lost sight of them among the foliage of the garden , and some time elapsed before they again emerged to view . Meanwhile a delightful song was heard .