ten o’clock
She was not wicked enough to wish that ; yet in the past few weeks she had found herself capable of thinking things beyond the bounds of any past experience . She found a solution at last . She would go to-night secretly and nail the cross again on the church door , and so stop the chatter of evil tongues . The moon set very early now , and as every one in Chaudiere was supposed to be in bed by ten o'clock , the chances of not being seen were in her favour . She received the final impetus to her resolution by a quarrelsome and threatening remark of Jo Portugais to some sharp-tongued gossip in the post-office . She was glad that Jo should defend M'sieu ' , but she was jealous of his friendship for the tailor . Besides , did there not appear to be a secret between Jo and M'sieu ' ?