twelve o'clock
Shears took down the list of eleven names and addresses and then restored the papers to their place , opened a window and jumped out into the deserted square , taking care to close the shutters behind him . On reaching his room at the hotel , he lit his pipe with the gravity which he always applied to that ceremony and , enveloped in clouds of smoke , studied the conclusions to be drawn from file M. B. , or , to be more exact , the file devoted to Maxime Bermond , _ alias _ Arsène Lupin . At eight o'clock , he sent Ganimard an express letter : `` I shall probably call on you in the Rue Pergolèse this morning and place in your charge a person whose capture is of the highest importance . In any case , stay at home to-night and until twelve o'clock to-morrow , Wednesday , morning ; and arrange to have thirty men at your disposal . '' Then he went down the boulevard , picked out a motor-cab with a driver whose good-humoured but unintelligent face took his fancy and drove to the Place Malesherbes , fifty yards beyond the Hôtel Destange . `` Close the hood , my man , '' he said , to the driver , `` turn up the collar of your fur , for it 's a cold wind , and wait for me patiently . Start your engine in an hour and a half from now .