9:15 p.m
At the edge of the city a man spoke into the telephone in the office of a small plastics factory . `` The cat is ready , '' he said . In Paris , a phone rang . The man who answered noted in the log that his overseas call had gone through at exactly 9:15 p.m. . He picked up the phone and spoke crisply . '' _ Monsieur l'Inspecteur ? ... _ Bien .