six o’clock
`` As well be hung for a sheep as a lamb , m ' sieu ' , '' returned Masson . `` I must beg that you will make your farewells of a minute and no more , '' replied the Clerk of the Court firmly . He took out his watch . `` It is six o'clock . I will come again at three minutes past six . That is long enough for any farewell -- even on the gallows . '' Not daring to look at the face of the woman , he softly disappeared into the other room , and shut the door without a sound .