three
o'clock in the morning
`` The working jeweller ? '' `` Was Horace Velmont ! Was good old Lupin ! Leaving the countess at three o'clock in the morning , I employed the few remaining minutes before the husband 's return to have a look round his study . On the table I found the letter from the working jeweller . The letter gave me the address . A bribe of a few louis enabled me to take the workman 's place ; and I arrived with a wedding-ring ready cut and engraved .