five o'clock
He opened it and read : `` Meet me at five ; 127 , Rue de Constantinople . Rooms hired by Madame Duroy . -- Clo . '' At five o'clock to the minute he entered the doorkeeper 's lodge of a large furnished house , and asked : `` It is here that Madame Duroy has taken rooms , is it not ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Will you show me to them , if you please . '' The man , doubtless used to delicate situations in which prudence is necessary , looked him straight in the eyes , and then , selecting one of the long range of keys , said : `` You are Monsieur Duroy ? ''