four o'clock in the morning
Count Corti alone remained standing , and Mahommed again observed him . `` Hear you , '' the latter said , to his officers . `` Go assemble the masons and their workmen , the masters of boats , and the chiefs charged with duties . At four o'clock in the morning I will move against Europe . The stars have said it , and their permission is my law . Rise ! '' As his associates were moving backward with repeated genuflections , the Prince of India spoke : `` O most favored of men !