nine o’clock
He was seized with a horrible delirium of fever , and began to rave . Joseph , assisted by old Desroches , who had come back , and by Bixiou , carried him to his room . Doctor Haudry was obliged to write a line to the Hopital de la Charite and borrow a strait-waistcoat ; for the delirium ran so high as to make him fear that Philippe might kill himself , -- he was raving . At nine o'clock calm was restored . The Abbe Loraux and Desroches endeavored to comfort Agathe , who never ceased to weep at her aunt 's bedside . She listened to them in silence , and obstinately shook her head ; Joseph and the Descoings alone knew the extent and depth of her inward wound . `` He will learn to do better , mother , '' said Joseph , when Desroches and Bixiou had left .