nearly one o'clock
For my part , I was delighted . I was longing to see and talk to her ; and only waiting till the doctor should give me leave . You , who live in towns , can have no idea how great an event the introduction of a new friend is , in such a solitude as surrounded us . The doctor did not arrive till nearly one o'clock ; but I could no more have gone to my bed and slept , than I could have overtaken , on foot , the carriage in which the princess in black velvet had driven away . When the physician came down to the drawing room , it was to report very favorably upon his patient . She was now sitting up , her pulse quite regular , apparently perfectly well . She had sustained no injury , and the little shock to her nerves had passed away quite harmlessly .