two o’clock
There must be some cause , independent of her will , to keep her away from me , and the more I thought , the more convinced I was that this cause could only be some mishap or other . O vanity of man , coming back to us in every form ! One o'clock struck . I said to myself that I would wait another hour , but that at two o'clock , if Marguerite had not returned , I would set out for Paris . Meanwhile I looked about for a book , for I dared not think . Manon Lescaut was open on the table . It seemed to me that here and there the pages were wet as if with tears .