About five o'clock
I have seen other revolutions since then , but never such excitement as reigned on the 8th of March between four and five in the evening , when the order arrived for the departure of the first and second battalions fully equipped for service for Lons-le-Saulnier . It was only then that the danger was fully realized , and every one thought , `` It is not the Duke d'Angoulême nor the Duke de Berry that we need to arrest the progress of Bonaparte , but the whole of Europe . '' The faces of the officers on half-pay lighted up as with a burst of sunshine , and they breathed freely again . About five o'clock the first roll of the drum was heard on the square , when suddenly Zébédé rushed in . `` Well ! '' said Father Goulden to him . `` The first two battalions are going away , '' he replied .