ten in the morning
She began now to regret that she had not gone down to the house party of Madeleine de Cahors at Alen on . At least Pierre de Folligny would have been there -- Chandler Cushing , and the Renauds -- a jolly crowd of people among whom there was never time to think of one 's troubles -- still less to brood over them as she had been doing to-day . The return of her maid from Paris added something to the sum of her information . Miss Challoner had left her hotel at ten in the morning in her new machine with an intention of making a record to Trouville . Titine was to follow her there when the shopping should be finished . In the meanwhile a telegram had come dated at Passy , telling of the change in plans , with orders for Titine to remain in Paris until further notice . Several days had passed and Titine still waited in Miss Challoner 's apartment at the hotel which was costing , so Titine related , three hundred francs a day .