three o'clock
Then he sent the note off with a man . Next he despatched a messenger for David Cass . He pulled out his watch and looked at it . It was three o'clock . `` I think five will do , '' he muttered ; `` it should be all over by that time . '' Another note addressed to Mortimer , asking him to call at the hotel at five o'clock , went forth . The village hotel throbbed with the pressure of unwonted business .