four o'clock
`` It is the same as if you said Cecile with an _ i _ at the end . All the same ; I must put a piece of paper in my snuff-box to remember this name -- Cici -- Casi -- Cecily , good , I have it . '' `` Now I go to see Mlle. Rigolette , '' said Rudolph ; and , singularly preoccupied with the visit of Madame d'Orbigny to Polidori , he ascended to the fourth story . Rigolette 's chamber shone with coquettish nicety ; a heavy silver watch , placed on the chimney , marked four o'clock ; the very cold weather having passed , the economical workwoman had not put any fire in her stove . Hardly could one see from the window any part of the sky , the rough , irregular mass of roofs , garrets , and high chimneys , on the other side of the street , forming the horizon . Suddenly a ray of the sun , astray as it were , glancing between two high roofs , came to light up , for some moments , with its purple tints , the windows of the room . Rigolette was working , seated near the casement , sewing , with her feet on a stool , placed before her .