ten minutes past seven
`` Then there 's no danger ? '' Joseph answered in a grave tone : `` Let us hope so ! '' And nobody in the carriage made any further remark . At ten minutes past seven they arrived in front of the Maillot gate . Frederick and his seconds were there , the entire group being dressed all in black . Regimbart , instead of a cravat , wore a stiff horsehair collar , like a trooper ; and he carried a long violin-case adapted for adventures of this kind . They exchanged frigid bows .