five o'clock
Beautrelet consulted his military map . The hamlet of Louvetot lay where the highroad between Yvetot and Caudebec was crossed by a little winding road that ran through the woods to La Mailleraie . Not until six o'clock in the evening did Isidore succeed in discovering Master Vatinel , in a pothouse . Master Vatinel was one of those artful old Normans who are always on their guard , who distrust strangers , but who are unable to resist the lure of a gold coin or the influence of a glass or two : `` Well , yes , sir , the men in the motor car that morning had told me to meet them at five o'clock at the crossroads . They gave me four great , big things , as high as that . One of them went with me and we carted the things to the barge . '' `` You speak of them as if you knew them before . ''