nine o’clock at night
Laurent , in the dark corner of the omnibus that took him back to Paris , continued perfecting his plan . He was almost certain of impunity , and he felt heavy , anxious joy , the joy of having got over the crime . On reaching the gate at Clichy , he hailed a cab , and drove to the residence of old Michaud in the Rue de Seine . It was nine o'clock at night when he arrived . He found the former commissary of police at table , in the company of Olivier and Suzanne . The motive of his visit was to seek protection , in case he should be suspected , and also to escape breaking the frightful news to Madame Raquin himself . Such an errand was strangely repugnant to him .