three o'clock
And how glad I am that I came in time ! '' Simon thanked him in the name of Lord Bakefield and his daughter . `` It 's not I whom you should thank , '' he replied , `` but that strange woman , whom I know only by the name of Dolores , and who brought me here . '' The captain related how he had been operating since three o'clock in the out-posts of Boulogne , where he was garrisoned , when he received from the newly-appointed military governor an order instructing him to move towards Hastings , to take possession of the country as far as mid-way between the two coasts and to put down all excesses ruthlessly . `` Well , this morning , '' he said , `` when we were patrolling two or three miles from there , I saw the woman ride up at a gallop . She told me in a few words what was happening inside these barricades , which she had not been able to pass , but behind which Simon Dubosc was in danger . Having succeeded in catching a horse , she had come to beg me to go to your assistance .