three o'clock
And supposing that , by accident , the wound should be mortal ? Oh , think of your remorse , wretched man , of your blighted old age ... '' The shot went off . Lupin staggered , clung for a moment to the overturned boat , then let go and disappeared . * * * * * It was just three o'clock when these events happened . At six o'clock precisely , as he had declared , Holmlock Shears , clad in a pair of trousers too short and a jacket too tight for him , which he had borrowed from an inn-keeper at Neuilly , and wearing a cap and a flannel shirt with a silk cord and tassels , entered the boudoir in the Rue Murillo , after sending word to M. and Mme. d'Imblevalle to ask for an interview . They found him walking up and down . And he looked to them so comical in his queer costume that they had a difficulty in suppressing their inclination to laugh .