three o’clock
He thought that his seat in the Duchess ' box might cost him dear ; that perhaps , when he had put the three hundred thousand francs in safety , it would be better to travel post , to fall at Chesnel 's feet , and tell him all . But before they left the opera-house , the Duchess , in spite of herself , gave Victurnien an adorable glance , her eyes were shining with the desire to go back once more to bid farewell to the nest which she loved so much . And boy that he was , he lost a night . The next day , at three o'clock , he was back again at the Hotel de Maufrigneuse ; he had come to take the Duchess ' orders for that night 's escape . And , `` Why should we go ? '' asked she ; `` I have thought it all out . The Vicomtesse de Beauseant and the Duchesse de Langeais disappeared .