five o'clock in the
afternoon
I should not be far off . Open the window , clap your hands , and I should come . '' Valef and Brigaud went away together , and D'Harmental went back to Bathilde , whom he found very uneasy . It was five o'clock in the afternoon , and Buvat had not returned -- it was the first time such a thing had ever happened . The following day , about seven o'clock in the morning , Brigaud came to fetch D'Harmental , and found the young man ready and waiting . They both wrapped themselves in their cloaks , drew down their hats over their eyes , and proceeded through the Rue de Cléry , the Place des Victoires , and the garden of the Palais Royal . On reaching the Rue de l'Echelle they began to perceive an unusual stir .