about six
o'clock
He had procured that very morning the safe-conduct that was required for the journey . Prosper was immediately seized by an uncontrollable desire to take a seat in that carriole and return to the country that he loved so and for which his heart was yearning with such a violent nostalgia . It was perfectly simple ; the farmer would have to pass through Remilly to reach Raucourt ; he would alight there . The matter was arranged in three minutes ; he obtained a loan of the longed-for blouse and trousers , and the farmer gave out , wherever they stopped , that he was his servant ; so that about six o'clock he got down in front of the church , not having been stopped more than two or three times by the German outposts . They were all silent for a while , then : `` No , I had enough of it ! '' said Prosper . `` If they had but set us at work that amounted to something , as out there in Africa !