about eleven o'clock
They saw at once that resistance was useless , and sullenly obeyed the Captain 's order to throw up their hands . They were then marched back to camp , turned over to the proper authorities , and the next morning at sunrise they met the fate of all spies who are caught . That was not the end of the affair , however , for , knowing that the airplane which the spy had referred to as the `` Buzzard '' was to be expected that night , and that the German aviator would look for signals from the straw-stack , plans were made for his reception , and this part of the drama was witnessed from the village as well as from the camp . The night was clear , and at about eleven o'clock the whirr of a motor was heard in the distance . The Doctor , who had returned late from a visit to a sick patient in an adjoining village , heard it , and at once gave the alarm . Out of their beds tumbled the sleepy people of Fontanelle , and , wrapping themselves in blankets or any garment they could snatch , they ran out of doors and gazed anxiously into the sky . Pierre and Pierrette , with their parents and grandparents , were among the first to appear .