two o'clock in
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God forgive him ! '' On inquiry they found , that of all the robbers , to the number of ten , not one had escaped -- eight they had made prisoners , Corbould , and the man whom the dogs had seized , and who was found to be quite dead , made up the number . The robbers were all bound and guarded ; and then , leaving them under the charge of Oswald and five of his men , Edward and Humphrey set off with seven more to Clara 's cottage , to ascertain if there were any more to be found there . They arrived by two o'clock in the morning , and , on knocking several times , the door was opened and they seized another man , the only one who was found in it . They then went back to the cottage with their prisoner , and by the time that they had arrived it was daylight . As soon as the party sent by the intendant had been supplied with a breakfast , Edward bade farewell to Humphrey and his sisters , that he might return and deliver up his prisoners . Pablo went with him to bring back the cart which carried the two dead bodies .