eight o'clock
`` Now or never , '' said Sanchez , encouragingly . `` When all is still , I will go round and waken our comrades , while you creep forth by the hole beneath the bartizan , and warn Clisson that the secret passage is nought , but that when he sees a light in old Montfort 's turret -- '' Tristan suddenly trod on his foot , as a sign of silence , as a step descended the stairs , and Sir Eustace stood before them . `` You appear to be agreeably employed , gentlemen , '' said he , glancing at the stoup of wine which was before them ; `` but my orders are as precise as Norman William 's . No lights in this Castle , save my own , after eight o'clock . To your beds , gentlemen , and a good night to you ! '' He was still fully armed , so that it was unsafe to attack him . And he saw them up the spiral stairs that led from the hall , and watched them enter the narrow dens that served them as sleeping rooms , where many a curse was uttered on the watchfulness of the wizard Knight .