four o'clock
The results had been _ foudroyant _ ... and simple . Complete regiments of German soldiers had been destroyed in _ one minute _ . It seemed curious , she thought , that with such an arm as this the French command did not at once come irresistibly to the rescue of Brussels ... . However , it was four o'clock , and there was her friend the enemy 's automobile drawn up outside the bank , awaiting her . She got in , and the soldier chauffeur whirled her away to the Villa Beau-séjour , beyond Tervueren . On her return she found her mother prostrate with bad news . Their nearest neighbour , Farmer Oudekens who had driven them into Brussels the preceding day had been executed in his own orchard only an hour ago .