five o'clock
Why , drive back to Rome with me in my carriage . '' `` No , no , '' rejoined Pierre , `` I 'm deeply obliged to you but I 'm to dine with my friend Narcisse this evening , and I must n't be late . '' `` But you wo n't be late -- on the contrary ! We shall start at three and reach Rome before five o'clock . There ca n't be a more pleasant promenade when the light falls ; and , come , I promise you a splendid sunset . '' He was so pressing that the young priest had to accept , quite subjugated by so much amiability and good humour . They spent another half-hour very pleasantly in chatting about Rome , Italy , and France .