four o'clock in the morning
But for one sudden , unforeseen obstacle : the police , the twelve detectives who , thanks to Lavernoux 's revelations , have been posted under your windows . They 've cooked your goose , old chap ! ... Well , I 'll save you . A word through the telephone ; and , by three or four o'clock in the morning , twenty of my friends will have removed the obstacle , polished off the twelve detectives , and you and I will slip away quietly . My conditions ? Almost nothing ; a trifle to you : we share the millions and the jewels . Is it a bargain ? ''