three o'clock
I could not eat , nor drink , nor write . I could not smoke , and when I tried to go to sleep that cat -- an apoplexy on her ! -- climbed up on my shoulder and clawed my hair , Mariuccia sat moaning in the kitchen and could not cook at all , so that I was half starved . At three o'clock De Pretis came back . `` Courage , conte mio ! '' he cried ; and I knew it was all right . `` Courage !