midnight
`` No ! You 'll need every _ sou _ if -- '' `` You 're the best friend a man ever had ! '' cried the Spaniard . At midnight the alarm they were all waiting for sounded , and though it was expected at any hour , it came as a surprise . '' _ Aux armes ! _ '' rang out the call of the bugle from the barrack-yard and waked the stone soldiers to instant life . The flat , carved figures sat up on their narrow tombs in the moonlight , then sprang to their feet .