seven o'clock
Or did it refer to events of last year , events that took place on the dates set down ? '' In spite of everything , he felt overcome by a strange uneasiness as the dawn began to glimmer through the half-closed shutters . A fortnight before , nothing had happened either to warn him ; and yet there were two victims lying near him when he woke . At seven o'clock he called out : `` Alexandre ! '' `` Eh ? What is it , Chief ? '' `` You 're not dead ? ''