about three o'clock in the
afternoon
He is the only man of the lot who seems to manifest , if not sympathy with , at least some interest in me . I have not seen Thomas Roch all day . He must be shut in his cabin , still under the influence of the fit that came upon him last night . I feel certain that this is so , when about three o'clock in the afternoon , just as he is about to go below , the Count beckons me to approach . I do not know what he wishes to say to me , this Count d'Artigas , but I do know what I will say to him . `` Do these fits to which Thomas Roch is subject last long ? '' he asks me in English .