nine o'clock in the
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Georges du Roy 's divorce had been obtained . His wife had resumed the name of Forestier . As the Walters were going to Trouville on the fifteenth of July , they decided to spend a day in the country before starting . The day chosen was Thursday , and they set out at nine o'clock in the morning in a large six-seated carriage drawn by four horses . They were going to lunch at Saint-Germain . Bel-Ami had requested that he might be the only young man in the party , for he could not bear the presence of the Marquis de Cazolles . At the last moment , however , it was decided that Count de Latour-Ivelin should go , for he and Rose had been betrothed a month .