ten o’clock
It was the sort of day which , as a rule , he found completely satisfactory , yet , somehow or other , a certain sense of weariness crept in upon him toward its close . Two days later he received another letter . This time it was couched in different terms . On a square card , at the top of which was stamped a small coronet , he read as follows : Madame de Maupassim at home , Saturday evening , May 2nd , at ten o'clock . In small letters at the bottom left-hand corner were added the words : To meet friends . Peter Ruff put the card upon the fire and went out for a morning 's rabbit shooting with his keeper . When he returned luncheon was ready , but Violet was absent .