ten o’clock in the morning
Du Bruel retired . `` Why do you come in without being summoned ? '' said des Lupeaulx , harshly , when he and Dutocq were left alone . `` Is the State in danger that you must come here at ten o'clock in the morning , just as I am going to breakfast with his Excellency ? '' `` Perhaps it is , monsieur , '' said Dutocq , dryly . `` If I had had the honor to see you earlier , you would probably have not been so willing to support Monsieur Rabourdin , after reading his opinion of you . '' Dutocq opened his coat , took a paper from the left-hand breast-pocket and laid it on des Lupeaulx 's desk , pointing to a marked passage .