three o'clock
Again the mask had been dropped , the eyes were once more kind , the voice and smile once more tender . `` I should like to hear more of your General Washington and of America , Monsieur , '' she said , almost shyly , and Calvert wondered at the change in her . `` If Monsieur skates , we should be happy to have him join us to-morrow afternoon on the ice near the Pont Royal . 'T is for three o'clock . '' And she smiled as she turned away , followed by Monsieur de St. Aulaire , apparently in no very good-humor . When Calvert again looked around him , after having watched Madame de St. André disappear , he noticed Mr. Jefferson at the farther end of the room looking much disturbed and talking earnestly with Monsieur Necker , Monsieur le Comte de Montmorin , and Mr. Gouverneur Morris , who had at length left the side of the charming Madame de Flahaut . Calvert approached the group , and , as he drew near , he could hear Necker speaking in an anxious , despondent tone .