ten minutes to ten
The duke , to avoid any accidental indiscretion , waited until after dinner to tell Hyacinthe to pack a trunk and a portmanteau . Hyacinthe was to accompany them , as well as Angélique 's maid . At nine o'clock , all the other servants went to bed , by their master 's order . At ten minutes to ten , the duke , who was completing his preparations , heard the sound of a motor-horn . The porter opened the gates of the courtyard . The duke , standing at the window , recognized d'Emboise 's landaulette : `` Tell him I shall be down presently , '' he said to Hyacinthe , `` and let mademoiselle know . '' In a few minutes , as Hyacinthe did not return , he left his room .