three o'clock
`` Well , '' said Garth , `` I shall go in and hear the Greek . He always makes things hum . '' Henry , too , went in and heard the Greek , whose manner of oratory he enjoyed . Committee 9 met at three o'clock in the spacious and sunny saloon known as Committee Room C . The only portion of the public admitted was the correspondent of the _ British Bolshevist _ , who sat behind the President 's chair with a portfolio full of papers , looking pale , shabby , and tired , but exalted , like one whose great moment is at hand . After the minutes of the last meeting had been read , the President rose to address the committee , in French . He had , he said , some fresh and important facts to communicate .