three o’clock in the morning
The Baroness spoke with a certain exaggerated volubility which was in contrast with the languid grace that had characterized her manner before Clifford made his appearance . It seemed to Acton that there was a spark of irritation in her eye -- a note of irony -LRB- as when she spoke of Lizzie being never away from her mother -RRB- in her voice . If Madame Münster was irritated , Robert Acton was vaguely mystified ; she began to move about the room again , and he looked at her without saying anything . Presently she took out her watch , and , glancing at it , declared that it was three o'clock in the morning and that he must go . `` I have not been here an hour , '' he said , `` and they are still sitting up at the other house . You can see the lights . Your brother has not come in . ''