three o'clock
The judge who received your evidence will soon repent his odious partiality . You may make what use you please of this letter . We know what we write , to whom we write , and how we write . You will receive this letter at three o'clock ; if by four o'clock we have not your full and complete acceptance , written with your own hand at the bottom of this letter , war must commence between us -- and not from to-morrow , but on the instant . ' '' Having finished reading the letter , Djalma looked at Rodin , who said to him : `` Permit me to summon Faringhea . '' He rang the bell , and the half-caste appeared . Rodin took the letter from the hands of Djalma , tore it into halves , rubbed it between his palms , so as to make a sort of a ball , and said to the half-caste , as he returned it to him : `` Give this palter to the person who waits for it , and tell him that is my only answer to his shameless and insolent letter ; you understand me -- this shameless and insolent letter . ''