seven o’clock in the morning
`` Find them ! '' he called to the dog . An ominous baying came in answer from the distance , and he plunged in the direction from which the growl seemed to come . It was seven o'clock in the morning ; all the search made by gendarmes , servants , and neighbors had been fruitless , and the dog had not come back . The General entered the salon , empty now for him though the other three children were there ; he was worn out with fatigue , and looked old already with that night 's work . `` You have been very cold to your daughter , '' he said , turning his eyes on his wife . -- `` And now this is all that is left to us of her , '' he added , indicating the embroidery frame , and the flower just begun .