fifteen minutes past four
`` Yes , '' replied Dorsenne , `` but this is not the place in which to explain to you the details of the long and terrible adventure ... . At what hour is the ceremony ? I will wait for you , and tell it to you on leaving here . '' `` It does not begin until five o'clock-five-thirty , '' said Montfanon , looking at his watch , `` and it is now fifteen minutes past four . Let us leave the catacomb , if you wish , and you can repeat your story to me up above . A very great misfortune ? Well , '' he added , pressing the hand of the young man whom , personally , he liked as much as he detested his views , `` rest assured , my dear child , we will prevent it ! ''