about eleven at night
Murat will not refuse me leave , for , thanks to our varied services , we always have influential friends . ' ``` Since you mean to cut your stick , tell us what 's up , ' said an old Republican colonel , who cared not a rap for Imperial gentility and choice language . `` The surgeon-major looked about him cautiously , as if to make sure who were his audience , and being satisfied that no Spaniard was within hearing , he said : ``` We are none but Frenchmen -- then , with pleasure , Colonel Hulot . About six days since , I was quietly going home , at about eleven at night , after leaving General Montcornet , whose hotel is but a few yards from mine . We had come away together from the Quartermaster-General 's , where we had played rather high at _ bouillotte _ . Suddenly , at the corner of a narrow high-street , two strangers , or rather , two demons , rushed upon me and flung a large cloak round my head and arms . I yelled out , as you may suppose , like a dog that is thrashed , but the cloth smothered my voice , and I was lifted into a chaise with dexterous rapidity .