nine o'clock in the morning
Suddenly a discharge of musketry was heard . The drinking stopped . They peered with distrustful eyes into the unknown -- it might be Henry V . In order to get rid of responsibility , they took Frederick to the Mayor 's office in the eleventh arrondissement , which he was not permitted to leave till nine o'clock in the morning . He started at a running pace from the Quai Voltaire . At an open window an old man in his shirt-sleeves was crying , with his eyes raised . The Seine glided peacefully along .