eight o’clock
When Mariette reached home that night , she felt alarmed at what might happen to the youth in whom her brother took interest and she wrote a hasty note to Godeschal , telling him what had happened to Oscar and inclosing a bank bill for five hundred francs to repair his loss . The kind-hearted creature went to sleep after charging her maid to carry the little note to Desroches ' office before seven o'clock in the morning . Godeschal , on his side , getting up at six and finding that Oscar had not returned , guessed what had happened . He took the five hundred francs from his own little hoard and rushed to the Palais , where he obtained a copy of the judgment and returned in time to lay it before Desroches by eight o'clock . Meantime Desroches , who always rose at four , was in his office by seven . Mariette 's maid , not finding the brother of her mistress in his bedroom , came down to the office and there met Desroches , to whom she very naturally offered the note . `` Is it about business ? ''