four o'clock
From ten o'clock in the morning every advantageous spot , all the belfries and housetops from which the suburbs , and particularly the road from Aschaffenburg could be seen , were crowded with curious spectators . Towards noon the Prussians were descried at Hanau . The railway brought them by thousands and they were seen occupying as if by magic all the strategic points along the line , not without certain precautions which indicated their uneasiness as to what might portend . Nothing occurred , however , until four o'clock . Then successive trains left Hanau bearing the victorious army and rolled up to the town gates until seven o'clock . It was clear that General Falkenstein now waited the submission of the municipality , perhaps believing that the keys of the town would be brought him on a silver salver . He waited in vain .