three o’clock
`` Kiss me , '' he said ; `` I never felt better . '' Lady Roehampton after a time slumbered ; how long she knew not , but when she woke , her lord was not at her side . She struck a light and looked at her watch . It was past three o'clock ; she jumped out of bed , and , merely in her slippers and her _ robe de chambre _ , descended to the library . It was a large , long room , and Lord Roehampton worked at the extreme end of it . The candles were nearly burnt out . As she approached him , she perceived that he was leaning back in his chair .