eleven o'clock
she cried out . And Sylvia nodded . As she drove away , she told herself that whatever happened she would always remain faithful to her affection for Anna Wolsky . The next morning found Paul de Virieu walking up and down platform No. 9 of the Gare du Nord , waiting for Mrs. Bailey 's train , which was due to arrive from Lacville at eleven o'clock . Though he looked as if he had n't a care in the world save the pleasant care of enjoying the present and looking forward to the future , life was very grey just now to the young Frenchman . To a Parisian , Paris in hot weather is a depressing place , even under the pleasantest of circumstances , and the Count felt an alien and an outcast in the city where he had spent much of his careless and happy youth . His sister , the Duchesse d'Eglemont , who had journeyed all the way from Brittany to see him for two or three days , had received him with that touch of painful affection which the kindly and the prosperous so often bestow on those whom they feel to be at once beloved and prodigal .