about four o'clock
However , he had said with a grave , half-mournful air , looking her full in the eyes -- ` I have much to say to you , Elena ; will you come to my rooms to-morrow ? Everything is just as it used to be -- nothing is changed . ' To which she replied quite simply -- ` Very well , I will come . You may expect me about four o'clock . I too have something to say to you -- but leave me now . ' That she should have accepted the invitation so promptly , without demur , without imposing any conditions or seemingly attaching the smallest importance to the matter , roused a certain vague suspicion in Andrea 's mind . Was she coming as friend or lover ?