four
o'clock in the afternoon
Will you come back with us tomorrow from Chivasso ? '' `` That will depend upon circumstances . I think it is more probable that I shall not return to Susa for a few days ; my orders are to report myself to the governor . '' No bodies of the enemy 's cavalry were met with on the way , and at four o'clock in the afternoon they rode into Chivasso . They alighted at the commandant 's , and on stating that he was the bearer of a despatch from the general Hector was at once shown in . As he had more than once ridden there with despatches from Turenne , he was known to the officer . `` We heard of the victory three days since , '' the latter said , as Hector handed him the despatch , `` and fired a salvo of guns in honour of it .