twelve o’clock
He forced open her teeth with the point of a knife and compelled her to swallow half the bottle : `` Good , '' he said . `` Now the poor thing wo n't wake till to-morrow ... after . '' He glanced through the paper , which was still clutched in Clarisse ' hand , and read the following lines : `` The strictest measures have been taken to keep order at the execution of Gilbert and Vaucheray , lest Arsene Lupin should make an attempt to rescue his accomplices from the last penalty . At twelve o'clock to-night a cordon of troops will be drawn across all the approaches to the Sante Prison . As already stated , the execution will take place outside the prison-walls , in the square formed by the Boulevard Arago and the Rue de la Sante . `` We have succeeded in obtaining some details of the attitude of the two condemned men . Vaucheray observes a stolid sullenness and is awaiting the fatal event with no little courage : ``` Crikey , ' he says , ` I ca n't say I 'm delighted ; but I 've got to go through it and I shall keep my end up . '