six o’clock
`` What is that . '' `` To convoke the members of whom we are sure at six o'clock in the morning , and those of whom we are not sure at eight . Having only our own men , it will be devilishly hard to lose the majority . '' `` But six o'clock for some , and eight for the others -- '' objected Lucien . `` Employ two secretaries ; one of them can make a mistake . '' Then turning to Lucien , he said : `` Write this . '' And walking up and down , he dictated without hesitating , like a man who has long thought over and carefully prepared what he dictates ; stopping occasionally beside Bourrienne to see if the secretary 's pen were following his every word : CITIZENS -- The Council of the Ancients , the trustee of the nation 's wisdom , has issued the subjoined decree : it is authorized by articles 102 and 103 of the Constitution .