nine o'clock
As for his own family , he had not dined at the same table with them for ten years . It was certainly not a sociable family . For example , the old gentleman 's widowed daughter , red-cheeked Madame Langai , did not exchange a single word with her father for weeks at a time . At first he had expected her to remain in the same room with him till nine o'clock every evening , dealing out cards for him or boring herself to death in some other way for his amusement . She endured it for a whole month without a word ; but at last , one evening , at seven o'clock , she appeared before him in evening dress and said that she was going to the theatre . Old Lapussa glared at her with all his eyes . `` To the theatre ? ''