four o'clock
I have been in Saumur , and have learned that an officer has started for Thouars , by way of Loudun , with orders to General Salomon to march instantly into Saumur , and that he is to arrive there tonight . I left the town five minutes after the messenger . Three-quarters of an hour later I struck the road , two miles this side of Saumur ; and have been brought here in a cart , by a peasant . It is now four o'clock , and I do not think that the officer would arrive at Thouars before half past three . '' `` That is important news , indeed , '' Cathelineau said . `` Well , gentlemen , what do you think had best be done ? '' `` It seems to me that nothing could be better , '' Monsieur de Lescure said .