eight o'clock in the
evening
I should not need to ask these questions if I had not just arrived from London ; you understand , that as I traveled post from Calais , I can know nothing of them . '' `` But , '' said D'Argenson , who thought these questions concealed some snare , `` did anything extraordinary happen last evening ? I confess I received no report ; I hope no accident happened to monseigneur ? '' `` Oh , no , none ; only monseigneur , who went out at eight o'clock in the evening , as a French guard , to sup with Madame de Sabran , was nearly carried off on leaving her house . '' `` Carried off ! '' cried D'Argenson , turning pale , while the regent could not restrain a cry of astonishment , `` carried off ! and by whom ? ''