four o'clock
`` To-morrow morning there will be a cell vacant . '' `` You see we must kill him at once . He does not sleep in my ward ; to-morrow will be too late . To-day we have only until four o'clock , and now it is almost three , '' whispered Skeleton to Nicholas , while Pique-Vinaigre talked with Barbillon . `` All the same , '' answered Nicholas aloud , pretending to answer an observation of Skeleton , `` Germain looks as if he despises us . '' `` On the contrary , my children , '' answered Pique-Vinaigre , `` you intimidate this young man . He looks upon himself , in comparison with you , as the least of the least .