six
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A pin drop could have been heard . Rouletabille stood silent looking sympathetically at Darzac , who , for the first time since the opening of the trial , showed himself agitated . `` Well , '' cried the President , `` we wait for the name of the murderer . '' Rouletabille , feeling in his waistcoat pocket , drew his watch and , looking at it , said : `` Monsieur President , I can not name the murderer before half-past six o'clock ! '' Loud murmurs of disappointment filled the room . Some of the lawyers were heard to say : `` He 's making fun of us ! '' The President in a stern voice , said : `` This joke has gone far enough .