twelve o'clock
The day after he had confided the Goualeuse to the care of Madame Georges , Rodolph , still dressed as a mechanic , was , at noon precisely , at the door of a cabaret with the sign of the Panier-Fleuri , not far from the barrier of Bercy . The evening before , at ten o'clock , the Chourineur was punctual to the appointment which Rodolph had fixed with him . The result of this narrative will inform our readers of the particulars of the meeting . It was twelve o'clock , and the rain fell in torrents ; the Seine , swollen by perpetual falls of rain , had risen very high , and overflowed a part of the quay . Rodolph looked from time to time , with a gesture of impatience , towards the barrier , and at last observed a man and woman , who were coming towards him under the shelter of an umbrella , and whom he recognised as the Chouette and the Schoolmaster . These two individuals were completely metamorphosed . The ruffian had laid aside his ragged garments and his air of brutal ferocity .