ten o’clock
She made very merry over this journey , to which there seemed no end . So much the better if it were to take them to the end of the world ! It seemed to them as if evening would never come . At ten o'clock they alighted at Bonnieres ; and there they took the ferry -- an old ferry-boat that creaked and grated against its chain -- for Bennecourt is situated on the opposite bank of the Seine . It was a splendid May morning , the rippling waters were spangled with gold in the sunlight , the young foliage showed delicately green against the cloudless azure . And , beyond the islets situated at this point of the river , how delightful it was to find the country inn , with its little grocery business attached , its large common room smelling of soapsuds , and its spacious yard full of manure , on which the ducks disported themselves . ` Hallo , Faucheur !