about four o'clock in the morning
And , if it succeeds , '' he added , `` the glory will be yours . '' `` I care little for the glory , '' replied Dirk , `` but I gladly accept the duties and the responsibilities . These , '' he said to Fragoni , `` are my instructions to you . Inasmuch as Teuxical and his captains will return here at about four o'clock in the morning to convey us back to their craft , it will be necessary to have this building emptied of its inhabitants by that time . Let all of those who dwell here depart from it , a few at a time , so as not to excite suspicion . Inga , above all others , must leave and retreat to a place of safety . Then , as the hour approaches for the arrival of the Lodorians , we will escape by plane from one of the rear terraces .