three in the afternoon
`` Do not despise them ; one has never too many . '' `` That is true , '' said Ernanton ; and he left them . Ernanton arrived at Paris on the third day . At three in the afternoon he entered the Louvre , among his comrades . The Gascons called out in surprise at seeing him , and M. de Loignac looked gloomy , and signed to him to enter a little room , where he always gave his private audiences . `` This is nice behavior , monsieur , '' said he ; `` five days and nights absent ; and you whom I thought so well of . '' `` Monsieur , I did what I was told to do . ''