three o'clock
They have declared the confiscation of the goods of any member of the Guard who shall leave the town . I hear a decree is likely to be published to-morrow or next day confiscating all Church property ; already they have taken possession of the churches , and turned them into clubs . If they do such things now , there is no saying to what lengths they may go as they see their chances of success diminishing daily . '' Although the artillery fire was maintained for some time longer , it was by three o'clock evident that the battle was virtually over . The party therefore descended from the roof , and Cuthbert strolled back to the centre of Paris . The streets , that evening , presented a very strong contrast to the scene of excitement that had reigned twenty-four hours before . There was no shouting and singing ; no marching of great bodies of troops .