seven o’clock in the evening
It had been his conviction that something would occur to stop the whole business at the critical moment . He was a man of impressions , and he lived in the light of them continuously . Wisdom might have been expected of Parpon , but he had been won by Valmond from the start ; and now , in the great hour , he was deep in another theme -- the restoration of his mother to himself , and to herself . At seven o'clock in the evening , Valmond and Lagroin were in the streets , after they had marched their men back to camp . A crowd had gathered near the church , for His Excellency was on his way to visit the Cure . As he passed , they cheered him . He stopped to speak to them .