two o'clock
I felt that I could breathe again . But there was still the matter of the consigne . If no one , save the persons who lodged in the house , would be allowed to enter it , how would M. Charles Saurez contrive to call for the stolen document and , incidentally , to hand me over the ten thousand francs I was hoping for ? And if no one , once inside the house , would be allowed to leave it , how could I meet Mlle. Geoffroy to-morrow at two o'clock in my office and receive ten thousand francs from her in exchange for the precious paper ? Moreover the longer the police stayed in this house and poked their noses about in affairs that concerned hardworking citizens like myself -- why -- the greater the risk would be of the matter of the stolen document coming to light . It was positively maddening . I never undressed that night , but just lay down on my bed , thinking .