one o'clock
One ! two ! About four hours of darkness , hardly that long remained for him ! And yet she would have supposed it later ; it had been after one o'clock when she had come to her room . She became aware of a throbbing in her head , a dull pain , and mechanically seating herself near one of the tables , she put up her hand and started to draw the pins from her hair , but soon desisted . Again she began to think , more clearly this time , more poignantly , of all she had experienced -- listened to -- that night ! She , a Wray , sprung from a long line of proud , illustrious folk !