seven o’clock in the morning
It shall be printed and posted , and promulgated throughout the communes of the Republic by special messengers . Done at Paris this ... `` The date is left blank , '' said Lucien . `` Put ` the 18th Brumaire , ' Bourrienne ; the decree must take everybody by surprise . It must be issued at seven o'clock in the morning , and at the same hour or even earlier it must be posted on all the walls of Paris . '' `` But suppose the Ancients wo n't consent to issue it ? '' said Lucien . `` All the more reason to have it posted , ninny , '' said Bonaparte .