nine o’clock
I 'll shake him well , '' said Flore . `` Mademoiselle Brazier , '' said Max gravely , `` things are too serious for giddiness . Send me my coffee ; I 'll take it in bed , where I 'll think over what we had better do . Come back at nine o'clock , and we 'll talk about it . Meanwhile , behave as if you had heard nothing . '' Frightened at the news , Flore left Max and went to make his coffee ; but a quarter of an hour later , Baruch burst into Max 's bedroom , crying out to the grand master , -- `` Fario is hunting for his barrow ! '' In five minutes Max was dressed and in the street , and though he sauntered along with apparent indifference , he soon reached the foot of the tower embankment , where he found quite a collection of people .