four o'clock
suppose this idiot Wulf was not deceived ! Suppose he really heard the Singing Fountains the other evening giving the last bars of the national hymn of Hesse-Weimar ! '' Arrived at the National Library , Fandor began a long and minute search through volumes on architecture , on statuary and a multitude of guide books to Paris ! He was so engrossed in his work that when four o'clock struck he sprang up suddenly . `` Good heavens ! I 've scarcely time to get back to my apartment , change into my kingly clothes and meet Wulf , to become once more His Majesty Frederick-Christian ! '' * * * * * In his apartment in his own house , the extraordinary Marquis de Sérac , who was also the common Mme. Ceiron , was whispering to a person hidden behind the curtains .