nine o’clock
`` I will bring the Duchess to you to be blessed ! '' cried Savarus . After seeing out the old priest , Albert went to bed in the swaddling clothes of power . * * * * * Next evening , as may well be supposed , by nine o'clock Madame la Baronne de Watteville 's rooms were crowded by the aristocracy of Besancon in convocation extraordinary . They were discussing the exceptional step of going to the poll , to oblige the daughter of the Rupts . It was known that the former Master of Appeals , the secretary of one of the most faithful ministers under the Elder Branch , was to be presented that evening . Madame de Chavoncourt was there with her second daughter Sidonie , exquisitely dressed , while her elder sister , secure of her lover , had not indulged in any of the arts of the toilet .