A quarter to one
Lupin unfolded the paper . There was a set of names written one below the other , twenty-seven of them , the twenty-seven names of the famous list : Langeroux , Dechaumont , Vorenglade , d'Albufex , Victorien Mergy and the rest . And , at the foot , the signature of the chairman of the Two-Seas Canal Company , the signature written in letters of blood . Lupin looked at his watch : `` A quarter to one , '' he said . `` We have twenty minutes to spare . Let 's have some lunch . '' `` But , '' said Clarisse , who was already beginning to lose her head , `` do n't forget ... '' He simply said : `` All I know is that I 'm dying of hunger . ''