ten o'clock
`` Yes , father , and it is now two o'clock . '' `` Let us go into your cabinet ; give me writing materials . '' `` They are here , father . '' The comte sat down and wrote , with a firm hand : `` I undertake to pay this evening , at ten o'clock , the twenty-five thousand francs which my son owes . `` COMTE DE SAINT-REMY . '' `` Your creditor merely wants his money ; my guarantee will obtain a further delay . Let him go to M. Dupont , the banker , at No. 7 in the Rue Richelieu , and he will assure him of the validity of this promise . ''