one o'clock
`` Then , God be praised , it was not HE ! '' said Lucretia to herself , `` for at that hour , he was with me , in Count Cornaro 's gondola . '' A faint knock was heard at the door , and the decorateur begged permission to enter . His coming awakened the countess from her reverie , and she hastily bade him come in , `` for , '' said she , `` it must be almost one o'clock . '' `` The clock on the mantel of the drawing-room has just struck eleven , your ladyship , '' replied the man , who , now that she was richly dressed , recognized the lady of the house . `` So , '' thought Lucretia , `` I have a clock ! '' and she bounded off to the drawing-room to see it .