two o’clock
On Monday , Jules Desmarets , obliged to go to the Bourse on his usual business , asked his wife , as usual , if she would take advantage of his carriage and let him drive her anywhere . `` No , '' she said , `` the day is too unpleasant to go out . '' It was raining in torrents . At half-past two o'clock Monsieur Desmarets reached the Treasury . At four o'clock , as he left the Bourse , he came face to face with Monsieur de Maulincour , who was waiting for him with the nervous pertinacity of hatred and vengeance . `` Monsieur , '' he said , taking Monsieur Desmarets by the arm , `` I have important information to give you . Listen to me .