four in the afternoon
`` What 's failure or success to me ? I have subdued my life to the one purpose . '' Eugen sent a telegram from Emmerich to Frau Mittendorf to reassure her as to my safety . At four in the afternoon we left that town , refreshed and rehatted , to reach Elberthal at six . I told Eugen that we were going away the next day to stay a short time at a place called Lahnburg . He started and looked at me . `` Lahnburg !