four o'clock
... Brocq interrupted : `` Yes , I know he comes on account of the fair Wilhelmine . '' His tone was conciliatory . Once more he drew Bobinette to him ; but she seemed to object more and more strongly to the captain 's caresses . Glancing at a clock on the mantelpiece she cried : `` Why , it is four o'clock ! High time I should leave . '' Brocq , who had followed her glance , added , suddenly serious : `` My faith ! I must call at the Ministry ! ''