three o'clock
PARIS , _ March 17 , 1871 _ . At last , to-morrow , March 18th , at four o'clock , I am to be received by M. Jules Favre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . PARIS , _ March 18 , 1871 _ . We dressed ourselves , I and my two secretaries , in our official costumes , and departed at three o'clock , accompanied by an interpreter . We arrived . The court of the house was filled with people who appeared busy and hurried , and who came and went , carrying cases and packages . The interpreter , after having exchanged several words with an employee of the ministry , said to me : `` Something serious has happened -- an insurrection .