two o'clock
The beauty of the day threw a ray of sunlight on the tomb of Chateaubriand . In a room where a balcony looked out upon the beach , the ocean , the islands , and the promontories , Therese was reading the letters which she had found in the morning at the St. Malo post-office , and which she had not opened in the boat , loaded with passengers . At once , after breakfast , she had closeted herself in her room , and there , her letters unfolded on her knees , she relished hastily her furtive joy . She was to drive at two o'clock on the mall with her father , her husband , the Princess Seniavine ; Madame Berthier-d'Eyzelles , the wife of the Deputy , and Madame Raymond , the wife of the Academician . She had two letters that day . The first one she read exhaled a tender aroma of love . Jacques had never displayed more simplicity , more happiness , and more charm .