about nine o'clock
I had not five hundred francs '' -- he smiled sadly , as if to insinuate that he did not handle such sums -- `` but I borrowed it from the cashbox of the journal . It is necessary , absolutely , that I should return it this morning . '' He spoke with increased seriousness . `` Your husband said he would take a cab and bring me the money immediately on the arrival of the post this morning -- about nine o'clock . Pardon me for deranging you with such a -- '' He stopped . She could see that he really was grieved to ` derange ' her , but that circumstances pressed . `` At my paper , '' he murmured , `` it is not so easy as that to -- in fine -- ! ''