three
o'clock
He took a ride to calm his nerves , and went as far as the Grange , only to return as unsettled as when he left . At the hour named he left home and went to the Calle de Cerrajerías . It was the time of day when scarcely anybody is about . It was three o'clock , and so people were either at table or resting . At the end of Cerrajerías , at the corner of Santa Lucia , is the church of San Rafael , and the principal entrance is on that side . The count entered the building , after taking holy water , like one about to say his prayers . He was quite alone , or at least he seemed so at first sight .