five minutes past three
And there are hundreds like that who care for God about as much as a cherry stone , but who will not hear him spoken against . If it were suggested to them to go to a hotel , they would think it infamous , but it seems to them quite simple to make love at the foot of the altar . '' He walked slowly along the edge of the fountain , and then again looked at the church clock , which was two minutes faster than his watch . It was five minutes past three . He thought that he would be more comfortable inside , and entered the church . The coolness of a cellar assailed him , he breathed it with pleasure , and then took a turn round the nave to reconnoiter the place . Other regular footsteps , sometimes halting and then beginning anew , replied from the further end of the vast pile to the sound of his own , which rang sonorously beneath the vaulted roof .