eight o’clock
I decided . I knew not where my sister might be searching , or if she might not be likewise a prisoner ; so I directed him first to the house of M. Darpent , who was more likely to know what to do than Sir Francis Ommaney . Besides , the Rue des Marmousets , where stood Maison Darpent , was not far off . I heard a great clock strike four , five , six , seven , eight o'clock , and by and by there was a parley . M. de Lamont opened the door of the chapel , and as I shuddered and kept my arm on my patroness , he implored me to believe that no injury was intended to me -- the queen of his thoughts , or some such nonsense -- I might understand that by the presence of my brother-in-law . He only besought me not to hurt my precious health , but to leave the cold chapel for a room that had been prepared for me , and where I should find food . ` No , ' I said ; ` nothing should induce me to leave my protectress . '