nine o'clock
I am not so sure of success there , but if you do n't like it when you see it , I promise you that I will restore it to its former condition , now let us be off ; if I am not mistaken there is something going on , I saw several battalions of National Guards marching through the streets ; and there is a report that 50,000 men are to march against Versailles . We may as well see them start , it may turn out to be an historic event . '' The march against Versailles did not take place on the first of April , although the Communists had every reason to believe that they would meet with no opposition , as on the previous night two regiments of the army , forming the advanced guard between Versailles and Paris , came in , together with a battery of artillery , and declared for the Commune . The next morning Cuthbert went up at nine o'clock , as he had arranged to take Mary out early , and to work in the afternoon . Just as he reached the house he heard a cannon-shot . `` Hurry on your things , '' he said as he met her , `` a gun has just fired ; it is the first in the Civil War ; perhaps the National Guard are starting against Versailles ; at any rate it will be worth seeing . '' The girl was ready in two or three minutes , and they walked briskly to the Arc de Triomphe .