nearly
four o'clock in the morning
Sometimes he drew near the table and threw down a Napoleon , but without heeding the game , or caring whether he won or lost . He was always looking to the door , or wandering restlessly from table to table . Watching him thus , I thought how haggard he looked , and what deep channels were furrowed in his brow since that day when we lay together on the autumnal grass under the trees in the forest of St. Germain . Thus a long time went by , and I found by my watch that it was nearly four o'clock in the morning -- also that I had lost six hundred francs out of the thousand . It seemed incredible . I could hardly believe that the time and the money had flown so fast . I rose in my seat and looked round for Dalrymple ; but in vain .