nine o'clock
But suddenly he changed his mind , and decided to go to see her . The preceding year he attended Madame Cormier , who had been stricken with paralysis , and he could occasionally present himself at her house without appearing to call upon Phillis . It was easy to say that he was passing by , and wished to learn news of the patient whom he had cured . At nine o'clock he knocked at her door . `` Enter , '' a man 's voice said . He was surprised , for in his visits to Madame Cormier he had never seen a man there . He crossed the hall and knocked at the dining-room door .