about two in the morning
Then he took the elder Chaussard aside and asked him for an axe . The innkeeper who , if we believe him , was surprised , refused to give one . Courceuil and Boislaurier arrived ; the night wore on ; the three men walked the floor of their room discussing the plot . Courceuil , called `` Confesseur , '' the most wily of the party , obtained an axe ; and about two in the morning they all went away by different paths . Every moment was of value ; the execution of the crime was fixed for that night . Hiley , Courceuil , and Boislaurier led and placed their men . Hiley hid in ambush with Minard , Cabot , and Bruce at the right of the Chesnay forest ; Boislaurier , Grenier , and Horeau took the centre ; Courceuil , Herbomez , and Lisieux occupied the ravine to the left of the wood .