eleven o’clock
But Camille , who was more intent on being married than on not being found out , was asking himself , with fury , how on earth they should get rid of Aubertin in time . Well , of course , under such circumstances as these the diligence did not come to its time , nor till long after ; and all the while , they were waiting for it they were failing their rendezvous with the mayor , and making their rendezvous with the curate impossible . But , above all , there was the risk of one or other of those friends coming up and blurting all out , taking for granted that the doctor must be in their confidence , or why bring him . At last , at half-past eleven o'clock , to their great relief , up came the diligence . The doctor prepared to take his place in the interior , when the conductor politely informed him that the vehicle stopped there a quarter of an hour . `` In that case I will not abandon my friends , '' said the doctor , affectionately . One of his friends gnashed his teeth at this mark of affection .