ten o'clock
She waited there till daybreak , bent over the coverlet watching him . At eight o'clock the drum of the National Guard gave warning to M. Arnoux that his comrades were expecting his arrival . He dressed himself quickly and went away , promising that he would immediately be passing the house of their doctor , M. Colot . At ten o'clock , when M. Colot did not make his appearance , Madame Arnoux despatched her chambermaid for him . The doctor was away in the country ; and the young man who was taking his place had gone out on some business . Eugène kept his head on one side on the bolster with contracted eyebrows and dilated nostrils . His pale little face had become whiter than the sheets ; and there escaped from his larynx a wheezing caused by his oppressed breathing , which became gradually shorter , dryer , and more metallic .