about four o’clock
Yet his first presentiment was a true one . The police , like the Jesuits , have the one virtue of never abandoning their friends or their enemies . Old d'Hauteserre returned from Paris and was more than surprised not to be the first to bring the news . Durieu prepared a succulent dinner , the servants donned their best clothes , and the household impatiently awaited the exiles , who arrived about four o'clock , happy , -- and yet humiliated , for they found they were to be under police surveillance for two years , obliged to present themselves at the prefecture every month and ordered to remain in the commune of Cinq-Cygne during the said two years . `` I 'll send you the papers for signature , '' the prefect said to them . `` Then , in the course of a few months , you can ask to be relieved of these conditions , which are imposed on all of Pichegru 's accomplices . I will back your request . ''