Nine o'clock
Who is there ? '' he cried out , at last . `` It is I , Madeleine . Nine o'clock has just struck . We will breakfast as soon as you are ready to come into the dining-room . '' She returned to her boudoir and made a hasty toilet , substituting , for her simple white wrapper , another , somewhat richly embroidered , and trimmed with pale blue ribbons . We reluctantly venture upon the suggestion , for it would indicate a decided weakness , quite unworthy of Madeleine 's good sense ; but there is just a possibility that she remembered she was to breakfast once more with her lover , and her artistic eye selected the most becoming morning-dress in her possession .