seven in the morning
There were even hints at intervention by the European powers as desirable . I sat amazed as at last I tied up the papers , and placing them again within my waistcoat , lay down on a lounge before the fire to rest , for sleep was not for me . I lay quiet , thinking of what had become of Merton and Alphonse , and wondering at the amazing good fortune of my first attempt at burglary . At seven in the morning I sent a guarded note to our chief , and at eight he appeared . I need not dwell upon his surprise as he listened to the full relation of my encounter with Le Moyne , about which and our subsequent difficulty he already knew something . When I quietly told him the rest of the story and , untying the ribbon , laid the dusty package on the table , he became grave . He very evidently did not approve of our method of securing the papers , but whatever he may have felt as to the right or wrong of what we had done was lost in astonishment as he saw before him the terribly plain revelation of all we had been so long dreading .