eleven o'clock
But what could he fear ? He could always get out of it . Yet it was a big game he was playing that evening . He went out towards eleven o'clock , wandered about some time , took a cab , and had it drawn up in the Place de la Concorde , by the Ministry of Marine . From time to time he struck a match to see the time by his watch . When he saw midnight approaching , his impatience became feverish . Every moment he thrust his head out of the window to look .