three o'clock
We came to wake you . '' `` To wake me -- and why ? '' `` Wind and tide wait for no one . The tide goes out at three o'clock ; it is now half-past two . It will take us a half hour to reach the mole , where the boat awaits us . We have just time to get there , your highness . '' `` Now , then , the die is cast , '' said Croustillac .