three o'clock
The clock struck two . The sound started her , and changed the current of her thoughts . `` Even now it is not too late to write , '' she said . `` The pillar-boxes are cleared at three o'clock , the letter would be re-posted to him to-morrow , and if he is in America he would get it in eight or nine days . '' She got out of bed , lit a candle , and sat down again to her letter , and this time she succeeded in writing it , but it was not the letter she had meant to write . MY DEAR TOM -LSB- the letter ran -RSB- , -- If you are willing to let bygones be bygones I shall be very glad . I told you when we parted that I would never speak to you again , but I of course meant not until you made some advance and expressed sorrow for what you said to me ; but I have altered my mind now , as I have a perfect right to do .