one o'clock in the morning
`` SISTER AMELIA . '' This letter , which I could not read without shedding tears , reassured me , however , but little ; I , too , must pass a sad evening . Night having come , I went to shut myself up in the pavilion which I have had built not far from the monument erected to my father 's memory , in expiation of that fatal night . Toward one o'clock in the morning , I heard Murphy 's voice ; I shuddered with alarm ; he had come in haste from the convent . How shall I tell you , my friend ? As I had foreseen , the unfortunate child , notwithstanding her courage and strong will , had not strength to accomplish entirely the barbarous custom , which it had been Impossible for the Princess Juliana to dispense with , as the rules on this subject were precise . At eight o'clock in the evening , Fleur-de-Marie kneeled down on the stone pavement in the church .