four o’clock
So I took his revolver and fired a shot in the air . `` My two acolytes will come and attend to his case , '' I said to myself , as I hastened away by the road through the ravine . Twenty minutes later , I was seated in my automobile . At four o'clock , I telegraphed to my friends at Rouen that an unexpected event would prevent me from making my promised visit . Between ourselves , considering what my friends must now know , my visit is postponed indefinitely . A cruel disillusion for them ! At six o'clock I was in Paris .