three o'clock
She woke with a start , to hear the voice of Bones outside the window . She felt sure that something had happened to Henry . Then she heard Sanders and her brother speaking , and realized that it was not Henry they were discussing . She looked at her watch -- it was three o'clock . `` I was foolish to trust that fellow , '' Sanders was saying , `` and I know that Bosambo is not to blame , because he has always given a very wide berth to the Kulumbini people , though they live on his border . '' She heard him speak in a strange tongue to some unknown fourth , and guessed that a spy of the Government had come in during the night . `` We 'll get away as quickly as we can , Bones , '' Sanders said .