ten o'clock
There might be some recalcitrant debtor driven by stress of circumstance to clear his conscience to-night . It would be as well , de Casimir thought , to be at one 's post . Nor was he mistaken . Though it was only ten o'clock , two men were awaiting his return , and , their business despatched , de Casimir deemed it wise to send away his assistants . Immediately after they had gone a woman came . She was half distracted with fear , and the tears ran down her pallid cheeks . But she dried them at the mention of de Casimir 's price , and fell to abusing him .