eight o’clock in the evening
Tomorrow evening about nine o'clock . '' * * * * * The following day -- the date fixed by Arsène Lupin -- Baron Cahorn arranged all his panoply of war , furbished his weapons , and , like a sentinel , paced to and fro in front of the castle . He saw nothing , heard nothing . At half-past eight o'clock in the evening , he dismissed his servants . They occupied rooms in a wing of the building , in a retired spot , well removed from the main portion of the castle . Shortly thereafter , the baron heard the sound of approaching footsteps . It was Ganimard and his two assistants -- great , powerful fellows with immense hands , and necks like bulls .