nine o’clock
She had come only in the certainty of finding the boy at Pascal 's . What was to be done now ? The doctor , with his tranquil air , proposed to write to Uncle Macquart , who would bring him back in the morning . But when he learned that Maxime wished positively to go away again by the nine o'clock train , without remaining over night , another idea occurred to him . He would send to the livery stable for a landau , and all four would go to see Charles at Uncle Macquart 's . It would even be a delightful drive . It was not quite three leagues from Plassans to the Tulettes -- an hour to go , and an hour to return , and they would still have almost two hours to remain there , if they wished to be back by seven .