ten minutes past four
Her first words were : `` Is it to be to-morrow ? '' He did not answer . But she saw him look so calm and smiling that she felt herself permeated with an immense sense of peace and received the impression that everything was finished , disentangled , settled according to her companion 's will . They left the house at ten minutes past four . Prasville 's secretary , who had received his chief 's instructions by telephone , showed them into the office and asked them to wait . It was a quarter to five . Prasville came running in at five o'clock exactly and , at once , cried : `` Have you the list ? ''