four o'clock
`` I take your word for it . I am no judge of a fair face or form . And now , my good friend , do not think me churlish if I request you leave me in solitude for the present . Between three and four o'clock I shall be at your studio . '' He rose at once to take his leave . I placed the oaken box of jewels in the leathern case which had been made to contain it , strapped and locked it , and handed it to him together with its key . He was profuse in his compliments and thanks -- almost obsequious , in truth -- and I discovered another defect in his character -- a defect which , as his friend in former days , I had guessed nothing of .