two o'clock
He left them at their door , after standing to hear them fasten it inside . The girls kept awake as long as they could , calling each other 's attention to every fancied noise . They could be sure of nothing , however , but of the march of the sentinel along the corridor . They both slept at last , and were wakened in broad daylight by the gouvernante , who entered in great trepidation , to say that there had been a plot against the Commander-in-chief ; -- that the window of his chamber had been entered at two o'clock by a party of mulattoes , who had all been seized by L'Ouverture 's soldiers . How it came to end so -- how soldiers enough happened to be at hand at the right moment -- how it was all done without fighting , without noise enough even to break her rest -LRB- and she always know if anybody stirred -RRB- -- the gouvernante could not tell . All she knew was , that L'Ouverture was the most considerate creature in the world . As soon as the eleven mulattoes who had been taken were put into confinement , L'Ouverture had sent one of his own guards into her corridor to prevent her being alarmed for herself and her young charge .