nine o’clock
And finally , paint Charles IX . for us as he really was , and not as Protestant writers have made him . Ten years of persistent work , and fame and fortune will be yours . '' By this time it was nine o'clock ; Lucien followed the example set in secret by his future friend by asking him to dine at Eldon 's , and spent twelve francs at that restaurant . During the dinner Daniel admitted Lucien into the secret of his hopes and studies . Daniel d'Arthez would not allow that any writer could attain to a pre-eminent rank without a profound knowledge of metaphysics . He was engaged in ransacking the spoils of ancient and modern philosophy , and in the assimilation of it all ; he would be like Moliere , a profound philosopher first , and a writer of comedies afterwards .