two o'clock
`` Somebody has been hoaxing you , '' he said . `` You will not meet Lagardere here . '' Taranne consulted his watch . `` It is now two o'clock , '' he said , and showed the dial to Chavernay , who looked puzzled , but also unconvinced . `` No one will come , '' said Navailles , mockingly . At that moment Chavernay 's quick ear caught the sound of footsteps in the private passage outside , and called attention to the sound . `` Some one is coming .