seven o'clock
She was making a little package of four jars of Bar preserves , which she intended to carry to Germinie the next day , when she heard low voices , a colloquy between the housekeeper and the concierge in the reception room . Almost immediately the door opened and the concierge came in . `` Sad news , mademoiselle , '' he said . And he handed her a letter he had in his hand ; it bore the stamp of the Lariboisière hospital : Germinie was dead ; she died at seven o'clock that morning . Mademoiselle took the letter ; she saw only the letters that said : `` Dead ! dead ! '' And they repeated the word : `` Dead !