midnight
De Loubersac was on the watch as well ! Jovially , Juve summed up the situation : `` Lieutenant , we can truly declare that , civilian or soldier , in pursuit of our duty we are ever on a war footing ! '' Philosophically resigned to a wakeful night , the pair marched stolidly , persistently , doggedly up and down the Dieppe quay -- up and down -- up and down -- an interminable up-and-down ! Whilst Juve and Henri de Loubersac were watching through the midnight hours for the arrival of the traitors , Fandor in his hotel was also on the alert . He did not mean to sleep a wink . The noise of the merry-making below helped him in that ... . The revellers retired at last , and silence fell on _ The Flowery Crossways _ .