nine o'clock
I covered it with an empty flower-box , and I returned to my room without seeing any one . Of all I tell you , sir , I have but a confused idea . Feeble as I was , I can as yet hardly comprehend how I had the nerve to do all this . At nine o'clock , Mrs. Seraphin came to know why I was not yet up . I said that I was so ill , that I begged her to let me remain in bed all day ; the next day I would quit the house , since M. Ferrand sent me away . At the end of one hour he came himself . ` You are worse ; this is the consequence of your self-will , ' said he .