one o'clock in the morning
The windows of the two rooms were closed with strong shutters . Before I went away I had purposely left one with the bolt undrawn . The night came , and I put off my wig , my spectacles , my hump , and the clothes in which I had made my purchases and hired my apartments , putting this suit in a portmanteau , which I forwarded to M. Murphy , M. Rodolph 's friend , begging him to take care of it for me . I then bought this blouse , and the blue cotton cap , and a bar of iron two feet long ; and at one o'clock in the morning I went into the Rue de Provence , where I lurked about before my lodging , awaiting the moment when the patrol would pass and prevent my robbing myself , -- committing a burglary on my own premises , in order to be caught and apprehended . '' And the Chourineur burst into a fit of hearty laughter . `` I begin to understand , '' cried Germain . `` But I was nearly getting in a ` fix , ' for no patrol passed .