four o'clock
`` It is agreed upon . But here we are in Paris ; I will stop the coach , and go on foot to the Barrière Charenton ; I will await M. Rudolph , to see him pass . '' The carriage stopped , and the Slasher got out . `` Do n't forget , at four o'clock , my good comrade , '' said Martial : `` at four o'clock ! '' The Slasher had forgotten that it was the morning after Mid-Lent . So he was much surprised at the spectacle , at the same time fantastic and hideous , which was presented to his view when he walked through a part of the exterior boulevard which he crossed on his way to the Barridre Charenton . The Slasher in a few moments was carried along , in spite of himself , by a dense crowd , a popular torrent , which , descending from the taverns of the Faubourg de la Glacière , collected around the approaches to the Barrière , to pour out afterward on the Boulevard Saint Jacques , where the execution was to take place .