ten at night
They had washed their hands of Captain Vauvenarde , and desired to hear nothing of him in the future . So I awoke from my lethargy , and springing up sent not for my shield and spear , but for an `` Indicateur des Chemins de Fer . '' I would go to Tlemcen and get to the bottom of it . I searched the time-table and found two trains , one starting from Algiers at nine-forty at night and getting into Tlemcen at noon next day , and one leaving at six-fifty in the morning and arriving at half-past ten at night . I groaned aloud . The dealing unto oneself a happy life and portion did not include abominable train journeys like these . I was trying to decide whether I should travel all night or all day when the Arab chasseur of the hotel brought me a telegram .