two in the afternoon
All there , behind that little breakfast table which might so pleasantly have been laid for two . Jean took a walk that morning , and stood staring for twenty minutes into a clock maker 's window , full of clocks . After which he drew out his watch and looked at the time ! At two in the afternoon Sara Lee saw Henri 's car come into the square . It was , if possible , more dilapidated than before , and he came like a gray whirlwind , scattering people and dogs out of his way . Almost before he had had time to enter the hotel Sara Lee heard him in the hall , and the next moment he was bowing before her . `` I have been longer than I expected , '' he explained .