three o'clock
At Couhe-Verac they had again said their chaplets , and sung another canticle . At present , however , there was some slight abatement of the religious exercises . Sister Hyacinthe , who had not yet been able to lunch , ventured to eat a roll and some fruit in all haste , whilst still ministering to the strange man whose faint , painful breathing seemed to have become more regular . And it was only on passing Ruffec at three o'clock that they said the vespers of the Blessed Virgin . '' / Ora pro nobis , sancta Dei Genitrix / . '' '' / Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi / . '' * * `` Pray for us , O holy Mother of God , That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ . ''