four o’clock
In any case , there was one point to be cleared up : Daubrecq the deputy , whose life was so orderly , so apparently respectable , was in the habit of receiving visits at night , when his house was no longer watched by the police . He sent Victoire to arrange with two members of his gang to keep watch for several days . And he himself remained awake next night . As on the previous morning , he heard a noise at four o'clock . As on the previous morning , the deputy let some one in . Lupin ran down his ladder and , when he came to the free space above the shutters , saw a man crawling at Daubrecq 's feet , flinging his arms round Daubrecq 's knees in frenzied despair and weeping , weeping convulsively . Daubrecq , laughing , pushed him away repeatedly , but the man clung to him .