march at eight o'clock
Would they behave like brigands , or would they conduct themselves as Royal and Catholic soldiers , as they called themselves ? As the hours passed , the streets became more crowded . Numbers of the country people came in to learn the news . Spies from Doue had already brought in word that orders had been issued , by Cathelineau , that the army should march at eight o'clock for Saumur ; and all doubt that it was their intention either to attack the town , or to accept battle in the plain before it , was at an end . The assembly was sounded in all quarters of the town and , presently , parties of the mounted gendarmes rode through the streets , and drove the soldiers to their rendezvous . Presently Leigh saw General Menou , and some other officers of rank , enter a large house . `` Who lives there ? ''