one o’clock
Go to bed and sleep sound ; my word , you deserve to ! '' He himself , setting the example , slept like a man whose brain has solved a problem of the utmost importance which has long harassed it . The thought had just flashed through his mind that the Companions of Jehu had abandoned the Chartreuse of Seillon for the grottoes of Ceyzeriat ; and at the same time he recalled the subterranean passage leading from these grottoes to the church of Brou . That same day , Sir John , making use of the permission accorded him the night before , presented himself at the Château des Noires-Fontaines between twelve and one o'clock . Everything occurred as Morgan had advised . Sir John was received as the friend of the family , Lord Tanlay as a suitor whose attentions were most flattering . Amélie made no opposition to the wishes of her mother and brother , and to the commands of the First Consul , further than to dwell on the state of her health and to ask for delay on that account .