eight o’clock
Two days after the fruitless scandal , Mme de Langeais wrote to M. de Montriveau . That letter , like the preceding ones , remained unanswered . This time she took her own measures , and bribed M. de Montriveau 's man , Auguste . And so at eight o'clock that evening she was introduced into Armand 's apartment . It was not the room in which that secret scene had passed ; it was entirely different . The Duchess was told that the General would not be at home that night . Had he two houses ?