eleven o'clock
Gradually Paul thawed a little , and made one or two suggestions which betrayed a deep knowledge and a dawning interest . `` We shall only be three rifles , '' said De Chauxville , `` Steinmetz , you , and I ; and I must ask you to bear in mind the fact that I am no shot -- a mere amateur , my dear prince . The countess has been good enough to leave the whole matter in my hands . I have seen the keepers , and I have arranged that they come to-night at eleven o'clock to see us and to report progress . They know of three bears , and are attempting to ring them . '' The Frenchman was really full of information and enthusiasm . There were many details upon which he required Paul 's advice , and the two men talked together with less constraint than they had hitherto done .