eight o’clock
He stopped at the barracks of the gendarmerie and asked to see the captain . The captain was in his room . Roland went up and made himself known . Then , as it was only eight o'clock , and some one passing might recognize him , he blew out the light , and the two men talked in the dark . The captain knew already what had happened on the Lyons road three days earlier , and , certain that Roland was not killed , was expecting him . To his great astonishment , Roland asked him for only one , or rather for two things : the key of the church of Brou and a crowbar . The captain gave him the required articles , and offered to accompany him , but Roland refused .