eight in the morning
`` You , Fandor ! You arrested ! ... But am I going mad ? '' Our journalist had been taken from his cell at eight in the morning , and had been conducted to the office of the Public Prosecutor . Here , the acting magistrate , in conformity with the law , wished to put him through the examination which would establish his identity . All arrested persons have to submit to this interrogation within twenty-four hours of their arrival at the Dépôt . Jérôme Fandor had given his name at once , and , in order to prove the truth of his statements , he had asked that Monsieur Fuselier should be sent for , so that the magistrate might vouch for his identity and say a word in his favour .