twelve o’clock
With the suddenness of action that distinguishes the sons of the sunny South , Gazonal sprang from his lodgings to the street , from the street to a street-cab , and drove to the rue de Berlin to find his cousin . Leon de Lora sent word by a servant to his cousin Gazonal that he invited him to breakfast the next day at the Cafe de Paris , but he was now engaged in a matter which did not allow him to receive his cousin at the present moment . Gazonal , like a true Southerner , recounted all his troubles to the valet . The next day at ten o'clock , Gazonal , much too well-dressed for the occasion -LRB- he had put on his bottle-blue coat with brass buttons , a frilled shirt , a white waistcoat and yellow gloves -RRB- , awaited his amphitryon a full hour , stamping his feet on the boulevard , after hearing from the master of the cafe that `` these gentlemen '' breakfasted habitually between eleven and twelve o'clock . `` Between eleven and half-past , '' he said when he related his adventures to his cronies in the provinces , `` two Parisians dressed in simple frock-coats , looking like _ nothing at all _ , called out when they saw me on the boulevard , ` There 's our Gazonal ! ''' The speaker was Bixiou , with whom Leon de Lora had armed himself to `` bring out '' his provincial cousin , in other words , to make him pose . ``` Do n't be vexed , cousin , I 'm at your service ! '