about four o'clock
`` I inspire you with horror , do n't I ? '' she said . I shook my head and dropped my eyes without replying . We returned to the chateau at about four o'clock . I was making my way to my room when a confused tumult of voices , shrieks , and hurried steps in the vestibule chilled my heart . I went down again in all haste , and I was informed that Madame de Palme had just been taken with a nervous fit . She had been carried into the parlor .