about ten in the
morning
Now I understand why a man marries ! This was not very reassuring , but I devoted myself like a victim , and for a victim there is no half sacrifice . Generosity , like cruelty , is absolute . After a night of anxious travel , we reached Havre at about ten in the morning . We drove rapidly to the office of the American steamers . Madame de Meilhan rushed frantically about until she found the sleepy clerk , who told her that M. de Meilhan had taken passage on the _ Ontario _ . `` When does this vessel leave ? ''