three o'clock
It was the same officer who reviewed us at the Polytechnique the day of my promotion . `` You are now , I hope , satisfied with the reasons of our presence , and that nothing but considerations of your interest can have influenced our visit , '' said the avocat , with calmness . `` Such being the case , sit down here , and relate all you can of your life since your leaving the Polytechnique . Be brief , too , for it is now three o'clock ; the court opens at ten , your case will be called the second , and I must at least have three hours of sleep . '' The general pointed to a seat beside him ; I sat down , and without any delay proceeded to give a rapid account of all my adventures and proceedings to the hour we were then assembled , only omitting all mention of Mademoiselle de Meudon 's name , and such allusions to De Beauvais as might lead to his crimination . The advocate wrote down , as rapidly as I spoke them , the principal details of my history , and when I had concluded , perused the notes he had taken with a quick eye . `` This will never do , '' said he , with more impatience in his manner than I had yet witnessed .