about ten o'clock
The business , for so gay and charming a man as Monsieur Beckett , is a little _ funeste _ . Pray read this note which reached me this morning . '' It certainly was not cheerful . It was a note stating that the body of his , the Count 's cousin , Monsieur de St. Amand , who had died at his house , the Château Clery , had been , in accordance with his written directions , sent for burial at Père la Chaise , and , with the permission of the Count de St. Alyre , would reach his house -LRB- the Château de la Carque -RRB- at about ten o'clock on the night following , to be conveyed thence in a hearse , with any member of the family who might wish to attend the obsequies . `` I did not see the poor gentleman twice in my life , '' said the Count , `` but this office , as he has no other kinsman , disagreeable as it is , I could scarcely decline , and so I want to attend at the office to have the book signed , and the order entered . But here is another misery . By ill luck I have sprained my thumb , and ca n't sign my name for a week to come .