one o'clock in the morning
You have only to name your price , and I will pay you . '' The woman was surprised at this proposition , but seeing that a good bargain was to be made she asked twice the cost of the articles when new , and this Harry paid her without question . Wrapping the shawl and bonnet into a bundle , he retraced his steps , and sat down on some doorsteps within a distance of the Abbaye which would enable him to observe any general movement of the crowd in front of the prison . At one o'clock in the morning there was a stir , and the body of men with pikes moved down the street . `` They are going to La Force , '' he said , after following them for some distance . `` Oh , if I had but two or three hundred English soldiers here we would make mincemeat of these murderers ! '' Harry did not enter La Force , where the scenes that were taking place at the Abbaye -- for , in spite of the speed with which the mock trials were hurried through , these massacres were not yet finished there , so great was the number of prisoners -- were repeated .