about six o'clock
The physician 's report in the morning had not been encouraging , and his two travelling companions demanded all the sympathy and support he could give them . He went out with them in the afternoon to the Hôtel de la Terrasse at St. Germain . The Duke , a nervous hypochondriac , could not sleep in the noise of Paris , and was accustomed to a certain apartment in this well-known hotel , which was often reserved for him . Jacob left them about six o'clock to return to Paris . He was to meet one of the Embassy attachés -- an old Oxford friend -- at the Café Gaillard for dinner . He dressed at the `` Rhin , '' put on an overcoat , and set out to walk to the Rue Gaillard about half-past seven . As he approached the `` Mirabeau , '' he saw a cab with luggage standing at the door .