six o’clock
said Sapt grimly , and he bore off the King in his arms . For me , I sat down in an armchair , and as I sat there , half-dazed , Josef clipped and scraped me till my moustache and imperial were things of the past and my face was as bare as the King 's . And when Fritz saw me thus he drew a long breath and exclaimed : -- `` By Jove , we shall do it ! '' It was six o'clock now , and we had no time to lose . Sapt hurried me into the King 's room , and I dressed myself in the uniform of a colonel of the Guard , finding time as I slipped on the King 's boots to ask Sapt what he had done with the old woman . `` She swore she 'd heard nothing , '' said he ; `` but to make sure I tied her legs together and put a handkerchief in her mouth and bound her hands , and locked her up in the coal-cellar , next door to the King . Josef will look after them both later on . ''