four o'clock
But now another memory assailed him : the night following his meeting with Felicity in the woods , when , during fitful dreams , a vision of that strange figure rising up in the shadows beyond the fire returned to haunt him . Suddenly he was sitting up in bed , staring into the darkness . In despair he went to his windows and raised the curtains to see if it were near the dawn . It was four o'clock , but night still covered the wintry landscape . The full moon was setting in the west . Transformed from a natural object by the medium of his over-strained and weary mind , it now presented a sinister and mocking face , as it peered through the diamonded panes and poured a flood of yellow light upon the floor . The following morning , Felicity did not appear at the breakfast-table , a circumstance sufficiently unusual to cause the bishop some uneasiness , for she rarely failed to rise at a reasonable hour .