twelve o'clock at
night
The guard was ordered to permit nobody and nothing to pass without the severest scrutiny and the closest search or inspection . The Governor made preparations for public proclamation on the morrow , offering a large reward for the fugitive 's apprehension dead or alive , and also an additional reward for information that would lead to the discovery of the missing Eagle . Promising himself to deal with the matter even more thoroughly in the morning , he had at last dismissed his subordinates and retired . If Marteau was within the city walls -- and it was impossible to see how he could have got out of the town without a pass after twelve o'clock at night -- he would find him if he had to search every house in the town . The spirit of the old man was high and aflame . To be so braved , to have his command the scene of such an outbreak of disloyalty and treason to the King was more than he could bear with equanimity . There was another regiment in the town that had formerly been known as the Seventh-of-the-Line , commanded by Colonel Labédoyère , and there were detachments of artillery .