about
one o’clock
`` Six o'clock ! '' `` Do you not hear the vehicles in the street ? The street-venders are calling their wares . '' It must have been about one o'clock when he closed his eyes ; he had then slept five hours , profoundly , and he felt calm , rested , refreshed , his body active and his mind tranquil , the man of former times , in the days of his happy youth , and not the half-insane man of these last frightful months . He breathed a sigh . `` Ah , if I could have you always ! '' he murmured , as much to himself as to her .