four o'clock
asked Marianne , indifferently . `` Very . It is a collection of things that are to be sold for the benefit of a deceased artist . Would you like to go there at four o'clock ? '' `` No , thanks ! -- And I repeat , my dear Guy , that I will not hinder you , you know , if I have been indiscreet in giving you an appointment ! -- '' She seemed to be mechanically toying with the silk rosettes in the little vase ; she picked them up and let them drop from her fingers like grains .