four o'clock
`` There is a train for the north in forty minutes . You will catch that , and God be with you ! '' Prince Serganoff did not argue but went out from the ornate office , and the Minister called a man who was waiting . `` If his Highness does not leave by the four o'clock train , cut his throat and carry the body to one of the common houses of the town -- preferably that of the man Domopolo , the Greek , who is a bad character , and well deserving of death . '' `` Excellency , '' said the man gravely , and saluted his way out . They knew Serganoff in High Macedonia and were a little anxious . Had they known him better they would have feared him less .