ten o'clock
But in the night she dreamed that Alexander , her first fiancé , was with her on the quay of some harbour , and was reproaching her bitterly , even reviling her , for having come too late , so that they had missed their ship . They were there to catch the boat -- and she , for dilatoriness , was an hour late , and she could see the broad stern of the steamer not far off . Just an hour late . She showed Alexander her watch -- exactly ten o'clock , instead of nine . And he was more angry than ever , because her watch was slow . He pointed to the harbour clock -- it was ten minutes past ten . When she woke up she was thinking of Alexander .