two o’clock
Sebastiani 's habits seemed to be subject solely to the duties of his post . He used to go up to the Chateau de Montmaur , walk about in the forest , note the tracks of the game and go his rounds at night . But , on the seventh day , learning that there was to be a meet and that a carriage had been sent to Aumale Station in the morning , Lupin took up his post in a cluster of box and laurels which surrounded the little esplanade in front of the gate . At two o'clock he heard the pack give tongue . They approached , accompanied by hunting-cries , and then drew farther away . He heard them again , about the middle of the afternoon , not quite so distinctly ; and that was all . But suddenly , amid the silence , the sound of galloping horses reached his ears ; and , a few minutes later , he saw two riders climbing the river-path .