seven o'clock
`` Shows his sense ! '' the goodwife cried roundly . `` A good man , and knows when to watch and when to ha ' done ! '' Claude said nothing , but he rose with burning cheeks , paid his share -- it was seven o'clock -- and , passing out , made his way back . It should be said that in addition to the Tertasse Gate , two lesser gates , the Treille on the one hand and the Monnaye on the other , led from the town proper to the Corraterie ; and this time he chose to go out by the Treille . Having ascertained that the guard-room there also was almost denuded of men , he passed along the Corraterie to his bastion , hugging the houses on his right , and giving the wall a wide berth . Although the cold wind blew in his face he paused several times to listen , nor did he enter his bastion until he had patiently made certain that it was untenanted .