about nine o’clock
That was all . No serious disturbance seemed likely to occur . The course which the neighbouring towns and rural districts might take seemed more likely to occasion anxiety ; however , it was not yet known how they had received the news of the Coup d'Etat . Granoux arrived at about nine o'clock , quite out of breath . He had just left a sitting of the Municipal Council which had been hastily summoned together . Choking with emotion , he announced that the mayor , Monsieur Garconnet , had declared , while making due reserves , that he was determined to preserve order by the most stringent measures . However , the intelligence which caused the noisiest chattering in the yellow drawing-room was that of the resignation of the sub-prefect .