three o'clock
`` Yes , your lordship ; but he is in bed . '' `` Is he ill ? '' `` No , your lordship ; but he is in bed , of course , at this hour . '' `` Why , how can a man who is not ill stay in bed until three o'clock ? '' The count turned over a corner of his card , and handed it to the porter . This , at last , the colonel understood , and left no more cards at the Nameless Castle . * * * * * The officers quartered at the manor were agreeable companions .