ten o'clock
However , the Fathers cared little about that ; they had succeeded in compelling people to start from their premises and return to them , in order that they might be the sole proprietors of the affair , the opulent farmers who garnered the whole harvest . Abbe Peyramale lay buried in the crypt of his unfinished , ruined church , and Bernadette , who had long since dragged out her life of suffering in the depths of a convent far away , was now likewise sleeping the eternal sleep under a flagstone in a chapel . Deep silence fell when Doctor Chassaigne had finished this long narrative . Then , with a painful effort , he rose to his feet again : `` It will soon be ten o'clock , my dear child , '' said he , `` and I want you to take a little rest . Let us go back . '' Pierre followed him without speaking ; and they retraced their steps toward the town at a more rapid pace . `` Ah !