Three o'clock in the morning
Then you admit -- ? '' The secretary general did not reply and M. Desmalions did not complete his sentence . He himself , like the others , experienced that same feeling of uneasiness which gradually , as the seconds sped past , was becoming almost intolerably painful . Three o'clock in the morning ! ... The words kept on recurring to his mind . Twice he looked at his watch . There was twelve minutes left .