about nine o’clock
She , too , was crying when she saw him no longer running by her , and putting her head out of the window she watched him , standing stock-still and looking after her , as the lumbering vehicle disappeared . The Lorrains and Brigaut knew so little of life that the girl had not a penny when she arrived in Paris . The conductor , to whom she had mentioned her rich friends , paid her expenses at the hotel , and made the conductor of the Provins diligence pay him , telling him to take good care of the girl and to see that the charges were paid by the family , exactly as though she were a case of goods . Four days after her departure from Nantes , about nine o'clock of a Monday night , a kind old conductor of the Messageries-royales , took Pierrette by the hand , and while the porters were discharging in the Grand ' Rue the packages and passengers for Provins , he led the little girl , whose only baggage was a bundle containing two dresses , two chemises , and two pairs of stockings , to Mademoiselle Rogron 's house , which was pointed out to him by the director at the coach office . `` Good-evening , mademoiselle and the rest of the company . I 've brought you a cousin , and here she is ; and a nice little girl too , upon my word . You have forty-seven francs to pay me , and sign my book . ''