one o'clock
When he went out I drew my code-book from my breeches-pocket and tossed it into the fire . After it followed my commission , my memoranda , and every scrap of writing . The diamonds I placed in the bosom of my flannel shirt . Toward one o'clock I heard the shrill piping of a goat-herd , and I saw him , a pallid boy , clumping along in his wooden shoes behind his two nanny-goats , while the German soldiers , peasants themselves , looked after him with curious sympathy . A little later a small herd of cattle passed , driven to pasture by a stolid Alsatian , who replied to the soldiers ' questions in German patois and shrugged his heavy shoulders like a Frenchman . A cock crowed occasionally from some near dunghill ; once I saw a cat serenely following the course of a stucco wall , calm , perfectly self-composed , ignoring the blandishments of the German soldiers , who called , `` Komm mitz ! mitz ! ''