six o’clock
`` The children who went out with Delphine this morning are come back , '' continued Michel , in the same forced tone ; `` they are come back without her . She is lost on the sands . The night is falling , and there is a fog . I tell you the little one is alone , quite alone , upon the sands ; and it will be high water at six o'clock . Delphine is alone and lost upon the sands ! '' The momentary hush of the crowd was at an end . The children began crying , and the women calling loudly upon St. Michel and the Holy Virgin .