four o’clock
If any betrayal takes place , we shall know on whom to avenge it . '' The three strangers kissed the hand of Charles IX . and took leave of him with every mark of the utmost respect . As the king recrossed the Seine , four o'clock was ringing from the clock-tower of the Louvre . Lights were on in the queen-mother 's room ; she had not yet gone to bed . `` My mother is still on the watch , '' said Charles to the Comte de Solern . `` She has her forge as you have yours , '' remarked the German .