eleven o'clock
Old Rouget , turning a deaf ear to Monsieur Hochon 's remonstrances , now came out into the street , and took Flore by the hand , as a miser might have grasped his treasure ; he drew her back to the house and into his own room and shut the door . `` This is Saint-Lambert 's day , and he who deserts his place , loses it , '' remarked Benjamin to the Pole . `` My master will shut your mouth for you , '' answered Kouski , departing to join Max who established himself at the hotel de la Poste . On the morrow , between nine and eleven o'clock , all the women talked to each other from door to door throughout the town . The story of the wonderful change in the Rouget household spread everywhere . The upshot of the conversations was the same on all sides , -- `` What will happen at the banquet between Max and Colonel Bridau ? '' Philippe said but few words to the Vedie , -- `` Six hundred francs ' annuity , or dismissal . ''