About six o’clock in the morning
With tightly compressed lips he looked fixedly before him . What lay behind was no longer any concern of his . Only a peremptory `` Forward '' must henceforth be his watchword . About six o'clock in the morning he stood before the royal castle on the Place de Meix , where the Prince-Admiral had fixed his quarters , King Leopold having offered him the castle to reside in . In spite of the early hour Heideck was at once conducted to the Prince 's study . `` Your Royal Highness , '' said Heideck , `` I have a report of the utmost importance to make . These orders of the English Admiralty have fallen into my hands . ''