six o'clock
I do not expect we shall often have a roof over our heads . '' `` All the better , sir , so long as the ride finishes before the cold weather sets in . Fond as I am of sleeping with the stars over me ; I own that , when the snow is on the ground , I prefer a roof over my head . '' At six o'clock the party started . Only two other gentlemen rode with it , both of whom were , like the Count , from Brittany . The little group chatted gaily as they rode along . Unless they happened to encounter parties of Catholics going north , to join the royal army , there was , so far as they knew , no chance of their meeting any body of the enemy on their westward ride .