three o'clock
They were the first to bear the joyful tidings to the bey . He died in his grief , in his wretchedness . Perhaps also he had taken poison . On the morrow , at three o'clock , they had arranged to bury him in the fortress ! Before his death he had called together his lieutenants , and taken an oath of them that they would defend the fortress to the very last gasp of the very last man . His treasures were piled up in the red tower -- more than thirty millions of piastres . He had left it all to them .