About nine
o’clock
The dinner was gay . In the atmosphere was that subtle suggestion of coming danger of which both Camors and Madame Lescande felt the exhilarating influence . Their excitement , as yet innocent , employed itself in those lively sallies -- those brilliant combats at the barriers -- that ever precede the more serious conflict . About nine o'clock the headache of Madame Mursois -- perhaps owing to the cigar they had allowed Camors -- became more violent . She declared she could endure it no longer , and must retire to her chamber . Camors wished to withdraw , but his carriage had not yet arrived and Madame Mursois insisted that he should wait for it . `` Let my daughter amuse you with a little music until then , '' she added .