three o'clock
Otherwise there 's a danger that we may be too late . '' That day was Sunday ; and Dalbrèque did not go to work . He did not leave his room except for lunch and went upstairs again immediately afterwards . But at three o'clock Rénine and Hortense , who were keeping a watch on him from the inn , saw him come down the wooden staircase , with his bicycle on his shoulder . Leaning it against the bottom step , he inflated the tires and fastened to the handle-bar a rather bulky object wrapped in a newspaper . `` By Jove ! '' muttered Rénine .