five o'clock in the afternoon
`` It would go against the grain to put that rag on , '' Martin said ; `` but your idea is a good one , and I would dress up as a general of the Blues , or as Robespierre himself , on such an errand as we are bound on . `` We can not do better than go to Clisson . The place is in the hands of our people , and the village authorities will not dare to ask us any questions . '' After dining with the cure , they mounted and rode to Clisson , arriving there at five o'clock in the afternoon . They went to the leader of the force there , as he was a friend of Jean 's . `` I will send and get you the things , '' he said , when they told him the object of their visit . `` It is just as well , if any of the people here are acting as spies for the Blues -- which is likely enough -- that they should not be able to give any description of you .