three o'clock
Think of yourself , and think of Deb , Unity , your uncles -- at last you will come to see that there is no other way . '' He was gone . Jacqueline dragged herself from the chair to the hearth , sank down before the glowing logs , and saw at once a picture of the river road . * * * * * She had been lying throughout the night almost without motion , but toward three o'clock he was aware that she had left the bed . A moment , and he heard the tap of her slippers across the polished floor of the chamber , the hail , and the dining-room . She paused , he could tell , at the sideboard ; when , presently , she slipped again into bed , she was trembling violently . He turned and put his arms about her .