nine o'clock at night
It amuses her to manufacture little adventures , to throw tantalizing obstacles in the way of the realization of a vulgar desire . And Chantelouve ? He is probably aware of his wife 's goings on , which perhaps facilitate his career . Otherwise , how could she arrange to come here at nine o'clock at night , instead of the morning or afternoon on pretence of going shopping ? '' To this new question there could be no answer , and little by little he ceased to interrogate himself on the point . He began to be obsessed by the real woman as he had been by the imaginary creature . The latter had completely vanished .