nine o’clock
He would prevent this . Trognon should dictate a holograph will which should be signed and deposited in a sealed envelope in a drawer . Then Schmucke , hidden in one of the cabinets in his alcove , should see La Cibot search for the will , find it , open the envelope , read it through , and seal it again . Next morning , at nine o'clock , he would cancel the will and make a new one in the presence of two notaries , everything in due form and order . La Cibot had treated him as a madman and a visionary ; he saw what this meant -- he saw the Presidente 's hate and greed , her revenge in La Cibot 's behavior . In the sleepless hours and lonely days of the last two months , the poor man had sifted the events of his past life . It has been the wont of sculptors , ancient and modern , to set a tutelary genius with a lighted torch upon either side of a tomb .